Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Thornhill, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In rough grazing, atop hillock. Land falls away most steeply on S side,down to sea. Roughly circular area (22.5m NE-SW; 19.3m NW-SE) enclosed by low, eroded earth and stone bank (H 0.9m) SSW-NE; large boulders on line of bank to NE, partially grass-covered. Field fence running c. NE-SW truncates site to S. Interior slightly higher than surrounding field to W and N; crossed by cultivation ridges on NE-SW axis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO115-062

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