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Earthwork in Knockbarry (orrery and Kilmore By., Buttevant Par.)

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In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured bank (C c. 35m) NW->SE on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Arc visible as upstanding bank in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R527, July 1975) and as cropmark of two wide banks separated by intervening fosse in second aerial photograph (CASAP). According to local information, levelled in 1983. Rock outcrop (H 1m) at NW, formed part of bank. 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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