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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coole East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On S-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as triple-ramparted enclosure (diam. c. 60m); on 1904 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps as kink in E-W field fence. According to local information, remainder of site levelled c. 1963. No visible surface trace. Possible ringfort (CO063-037----) c. 200m to ENE The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO063-036

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, prntbl.concejomunicipaldechinu.gov.co
  • Hourihan (pitch contractor and image source; individual photographer not named), www.hourihan.ie
  • Donal.hunt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The Echo; photographer not named in the article, www.echolive.ie
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