Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooranig, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (33.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m) N->S; scarp (H 0.5m) S->N; external fosse (D 0.4m) to NE. Shallow traces of fosse to E and SE. Break in bank to N (Wth 3.5m) and S (Wth 3.5m). Locally known as 'lios'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO093-068

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