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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlemagner

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage, on break in NE-facing slope, above and to W of Ketragh Glen. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, immediately to N of field boundary. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Circular enclosure, visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 36) as double-ramparted fort (diam. 47yd) on P. Hartnett's land; outer rampart levelled; inner rampart c. 6ft H. Field boundary on S side of enclosure kinks slightly and may incorporate remains of second bank; shallow fosse externally 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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