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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybeg Middle

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rough pasture, atop hill. Depicted as circular area defined by circular line of hachures internally and by hexagonal line of hachured externally on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1982. Circular area (diam. 41m) defined by low rise (H 0.1m) NW->NE and SE->SSW; steep scarp NE->SE. 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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