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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a circular earthen ringfort on the lower southeast slope of Milane Hill in County Cork, Ireland. Its bank stands 1.6 metres high and encloses a pasture area measuring 40 metres north-south and 38 metres east-west. Stone facing reinforces the interior eastern and northern edges, suggesting humans shaped the site before it returned to grass and rain.
In pasture, on lower SE slope of Milane Hill. Circular area (40m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m). Bank-stone faced internally to E and N. 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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