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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glennahulla (condons and Clongibbon By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In gently undulating pasture. Most southerly of two ringforts (CO 019-03802-), c. 10m apart, in overgrown patch of ground surrounded by field boundaries. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Oval area enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.25m) with shallow external fosse (D c. 0.25m). Bank area to N destroyed by quarrying. Interior overgrown with ferns; grove of trees on W side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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