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Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In pasture, on lower N-facing slope of Caherbarnagh. Circular area (24.7m N-S; 23.9m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone wall (H 1m; T 2.5m); break in wall to SSE (Wth 1.5m). Three quernstone fragments noted in wall. Vegetation pattern SW->N may indicate outer wall. Ruins of two subrectangular structures against inner face of wall to NE (L 5m) and S (L 2.9m). Possible Man-made underground passage (8970) E of centre. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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