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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killinane (duhallow By., Knocktemple Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (43m N-S; 42.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.65m); external fosse (D 0.45m) SE->NW with faint trace elsewhere. Bank worn in parts, no definite entrance exists. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. 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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