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Indicated — Liscarroll

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Indicated — Liscarroll
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On top of a hill, with view of Liscarroll in valley to W. Indicated on 1937 OS 6-inch map as pair of concentric broken lines, enclosing a circular area (min. diam. c. 25m; max. diam. c. 35m). Roughly circular area (int. diam: 27.7m N-S; 20.3m E-W, ext. diam: 46m N-S; 40.7m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered collapsed stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). Bank partially overgrown with bushes. No entrance noted; bank lower to N and S (Wth 2.6m) where used as entrance by machinery. Interior surface level; rough due to stones scattered across surface; W half overgrown with low bushes. Possible souterrain (CO016-287---) in NW quadrant. 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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