Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynaskeha, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as broken line enclosing circular area (diam. c. 35m). No visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 182), 'lios of circular plan and moderate size, but this has been levelled'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO064-038

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