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In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (40m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown earth and stone bank (max. int. H 2.3m; max. ext. H 2.4m); external fosse (D 0.7m) to N, S and W. Bank incorporated into field fence system on E side. Fosse, bank and interior quarried into on WNW side. Causewayed entrance (Wth 9m) to NW. Interior slopes down gently to NE; E half overgrown with briars. Second ringfort (CO026-06502-) immediately to SSW; two fosses separated by bank of earth. 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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