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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballygrace

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1980. Area of site defined by bare and low patches of barley. Field boundary abutting E side of monument on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps survives; curves to respect site with large drain dug on W side. Cropmark of fosse visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) S->NW; although fosse not visible to N, outline of enclosure visible as area of interior is lighter in colour than surrounding field. 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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