Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gouree More, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, atop NE-SW ridge, land falls sharply away from site to S and SE. Circular raised area (28.7m N-S; 28.6m E-W) enclosed by scarp (H 2m), with slight internal lip; external fosse (D 0.6m) W->NNW; silted-up fosse to NE and SW. Scarp stone faced in parts. Cultivation ridges cross interior on ENE-WSW axis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO105-022

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