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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghcloonabro West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Circular area (28.2m N-S; 27.1m E-W) enclosed by two low, grass-covered earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.55m) uniform in height all round. Poorly defined outer bank (H 0.15m) survives best SE->NW. Taking up most of interior is circular area (diam. c. 22m) raised 0.3m above level of surrounding surface; inside S bank is depression (L 4m; Wth 1.4m) partially waterlogged. 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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