Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moneens, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (26.6m NE-SW; 25.3m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m) E->NW; scarp (H 1.9m) N->E; shallow external fosse (D 0.2m) N->NW. Drain running E-W cuts interior on N side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO110-067

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