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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castletownroche

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on break in NW-facing slope. Depicted as arc of hachures S->NNW on W side of N-S field boundary on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Arc (C 24m) survives as low earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) S->NNW, with external fosse filled with field clearance stones. Bank broken by rock outcrop. Remainder of circular enclosure to E of field fence visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). 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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