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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killabraher South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; hachured as circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by fosse on 1936 OS 6-inch map; shown as truncated by roadway to W on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; subcircular area (c. 36m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2m). Fosse most clearly defined N->E and ESE->SE; cut by roadway to W. 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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