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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathculleen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture. According to local information, (Hartnett 1939, 249), site of fort, levelled long ago. 'Faintest traces .... discernible' giving diameter of 'approximately 200 feet'; 'during tillage operations (circa 1937) ....large quantities of vitrified stone' found in interior while immediately outside fort to S and SE 'was found a rich black deposit, which was subsequently used as "top-dressing" for the adjacent fields' (ibid., 249-50). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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