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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; bank levelled to SW and SE->W on 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps respectively. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, levelled late 1970s/early 1980s. Bivallate circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP); truncated on N side by cropmark of laneway. 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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