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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killinane (duhallow By., Knocktemple Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Killinane holds a thirty-metre earthen ring on an east-facing slope, its steep interior bank rising nearly two metres above the shallow external ditch. The southern gap remains wide enough for a cart or a fleeing person, while two nearby cooking pits suggest the site sustained more than passive meditation. The land still smells of rain and old heat, inviting imagination rather than demanding belief.
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.9m; ext. H 1.45m); external fosse (D 1.25m) S->WNW, shallow fosse to NE. Break (Wth 2m) in bank to S. Fosse cut into hill on upslope (W). Interior heavily overgrown; slopes steeply down to E. Fulacht fiadh (CO015-03402-) a short distance away to NW, with second fulacht fiadh (CO015-03404-) in adjoining field to E. 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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