Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fahouragh, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on NNW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; c. 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank E->W (H c. 1m); scarp (H c. 1.6m) W->E. Bank incorporated into field fence system S->W. Scarp stone-faced in parts. Interior raised on NNW side to compensate for hillslope; circular hut site (7m N-S; 7m E-W) (CO142-068001-) at centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO142-068

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