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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garragort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on break in E-facing slope; land also falls away steeply to N and S. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Low rise may mark line of levelled bank to W; according to local information, levelled c. 1982. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 621-2) as single-ramparted fort (diam. 46yd) on James O'Callaghan's land, with bank c. 5ft H, fosse 2 to 4ft D and interior c. 4ft higher than outside field level. Possible souterrain (CO016-272---) in SW 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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