Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Tooreen More, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In rough grazing broken by rock outcrop, atop natural rise. Arc (C 14m) formed by dry stone walling (H 1.5m; Wth 1.2m). Adjoining external face of arc are two conjoined subrectangular enclosures (6.4m N-S x 7.5m E-W: 8.3m N-S x 10m E-W). Man-made underground passage (CO115-01002-) in interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO115-010001

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