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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rockspring

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.45m) with external fosse (D 1.45m); counterscarp bank (H 0.4m) NNW->ENE. Bank heavily overgrown all round; break (Wth 1.05m) to N; entrance (Wth 4.2m) to ESE. Short bank (L c. 6m) outside entrance across silted-up fosse. Fosse shallow to SE; silted-up to ESE; waterlogged to W. Interior inaccessible due to overgrowth. 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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