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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcanway

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured bivallate circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as univallate circular enclosure, with external fosse SSE->NNE on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (35.7m N-S; 35.7m E-W) enclosed by inner earthen bank (int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.55m); intervening fosse (D 0.4m); outer earthen bank (H 0.4m) survives to SW. Inner bank partially overgrown; interior grass-covered. Break in bank to 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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