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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynamuck

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as arc SE->W of single hachures on 1905 OS 6-inch map; as circular raised area with external fosse to S on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Roughly circular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W) raised 1.4m above level of surrounding field. Interior saucer shaped, surrounded by fosse (D 0.45m) SSE->SW; slight trace of silted-up fosse to W as gentle slope down to base of scarp. Natural mound or raised area a short distance beyond enclosure to N. 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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