Ecclesiastical enclosure in Nedinagh East, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In narrow tract of level pasture between E-W ridges. Large, roughly circular area (170m N-S; 160m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.6m). Break in bank to S. Interior under pasture; Fanlobbus church (CO108-02703-) and graveyard (CO108-02702-) occupies SE quadrant, defined by earthen bank. 'Low earthen bank' (Hurley 1980, 59) running N from NW corner of graveyard, dividing the interior in half, has been levelled. Hurley (1980, 59) suggests that field fences to W and N, concentric with enclosing bank, may represent 'an outer enclosure'. Holy well (CO108-026---) c.260m to SW. Site mentioned in early historic sources (Hurley 1980, 59).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO108-027001

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