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Indicated — Ballinreeshig

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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