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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newtown (fermoy By., Doneraile Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level tillage. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 and 1906 OS 6-inch maps; as hachured bank SW->NNE and hachured scarp elsewhere (diam. c. 35m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information levelled c. 1968 during land reclamation project. Inspection by OPW on 09-10-1968 described area as surrounded by dense scrub and almost inaccessible; low bank and partially waterlogged interior noted. 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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