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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boherascrub West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on level ground at bottom of N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34.5m E-W; 31.5m N-S) defined by scarp (max. H c. 2m), overgrown in parts; external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 5.5m). Scarp topped by slight internal lip to N (H 0.3m). Pond on NW side of fort floods fosse to W and N. Field boundary, depicted on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps skirting fosse ESE->SSW, survives as low rise (H 0.2m); small pond to SE depicted on 1905 OS 6-inch map outside field boundary survives as boggy area. 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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