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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liscongill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately to S of E-W roadway. Roughly circular area (c. 46m N-S; c. 43.6m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.65m) SSW->NNW and scarp (H 0.6m) NNE->SSW; outer earthen bank (H 0.7m) WNW->NNW. To N, sunken, waterfilled area cuts through inner bank and extends across area of outer bank to roadway. Interior surface uneven; W half used as dumping ground for old cars. 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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