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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Baunoulagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R721). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 46) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 40yd) on Mr Bresnahan's land. Ringfort (CO023-133---) in same field c. 30m to S. 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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