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In tillage, on gentle SE-facing slope, c. 450m to ENE of Egmont House. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1943. Circular area (34.1m N-S) enclosed by low rise (H 0.4m). Interior slopes down gently to SE; shown as planted with trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Fosse visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (CO016-280---) c. 150m to ENE.
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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