What is recorded here

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In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31m NW-SE) enclosed by earth and stone bank NW->SSE (H 1m); levelled bank survives as undulation SSE->S and WNW->NW. External fosse filled in except NW->NNE; cut into shale bedrock. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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