Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocks, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Slight scarp on downslope survives; no other visible surface traces.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO121-070

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