Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinreeshig, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Hachured as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as circular field boundary on later eds of OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled c. 1960s. No visible surface trace.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO086-027

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