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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (fermoy By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (38m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 2.5m); external fosse (D 0.25m). Cattle gap in bank to SSW and N; entrance (Wth 6m) to E, revetted on N side by three stones. Remains of stone facing on outer face of bank to N of entrance. Fosse skirted by field boundary SSE->NW. Interior raised slightly (H 0.5m) around edge on N side thereby levelling interior and creating an inner fosse. Small circular feature hachured in interior on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1977).

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