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Enclosure in Hightown

Enclosure
Enclosure in Hightown
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. A possible ringfort and circular enclosure (CO053-025---; CO053-024---) c. 100m to NE and N respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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