Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farran, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Adjacent to farmyard, on E-facing slope. Circular, heavily overgrown area (30m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.5m). Bank stone-faced externally where laneway skirts site to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO051-006

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