Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardkilleen, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In tillage, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (33m N-S; 32.5m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.2m) NNW->SW; slight scarp SW->NNW; silted-up external fosse NNW->SW. Stone wall and dump of field clearance stones atop bank. Barley planted in interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO094-107

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