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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Egmont

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level pasture, with natural fall of ground to S down to stream and 'Toberalisheen'. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc, showing scarp, E->SSW on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Horse training ring on site; no visible surface trace of enclosure. 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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