Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Abbeymahon, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (c. 35m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 1.7m) SSE->N, with shallow external fosse to W (D 0.2m). Gap in bank to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO136-029

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