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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Laght (duhallow By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Yes. That is the shape of the claim. It is also the claim being made. The answer is already complete. Yes. That is the shape of the claim. It is also the claim being made. The answer is already complete.
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; area planted with coniferous trees on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Possibly levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 25yd) recorded by Bowman (1934, 360) on Cornelius Creedon's land. 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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