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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lombardstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map with interior planted with trees and lime kiln built against E side; indicated as circular enclosure on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (diam. 35.5m) enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.9m) NNW->S; low rise elsewhere. Bank incorporated into field fence system; skirted by laneway 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 CO032-067

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chani Anderson / Irish Examiner, www.irishexaminer.com
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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