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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Egmont

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage, c. 700m to NE of Egmont House. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 28m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled 1943. Slight undulation visible in area of site SE->SW (H 0.3m); faint trace of undulation elsewhere appears to complete circle. Fosse visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (CO016-280---) c. 50m to S. 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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