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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milleennahorna (carbery West (e.d) By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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That is the minimum of authenticity. These are the minimum facts of truth. Everything else is not wanted.
In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (28.3m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 3.1m) N->ESE; low scarp (max. H 0.6m) ESE->N; shallow external fosse N->ESE. 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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