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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Caherduggan South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on SW-facing slope, in NE corner of field. Site heavily overgrown; inaccessible except to SW. Circular overgrown area (c. 22m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by bank (int. H 0.18m, ext. H 0.82m) probably surviving all round; fosse visible S->WNW, impossible to determine full extent; outer bank (ext. H 0.5m) S->WNW, probably removed or incorporated into field boundaries enclosing site WNW->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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