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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilgilky South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level pasture, on edge of SW-facing slope. Depicted as irregular area planted with trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured as circular area enclosed by fosse on 1905 amd 1937 OS 6-inch maps, respected by field boundary SSE->NE. According to local information, levelled c. 1977; low rise in parts, in area of site, may mark line of levelled 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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