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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballydaheen (orrery and Kilmore By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 30.1m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 0.8m) S->SE, with external fosse (D 0.5m). Bank levelled SE->S with only faint trace of external fosse surviving. Interior saucer shaped. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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