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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Manning

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In scrub, atop hill. Roughly circular area (32m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed ENE->NNE by earthen bank, surmounted in places by limestone rubble wall (int. H 0.88m; ext. H 2.1m) faced in parts with large slabs; scarp (H 3.6m) elsewhere, formed by steep rock face. Intervening fosse and outer earthen bank (H 0.3m) ESE->NNE. Causewayed entrance through wall (Wth 0.85m) to SSW. Exterior and parts of interior heavily overgrown. One of a group of five ringforts (CO027-088---; CO027-089---; CO027-093---; C027-094---) at W side of townland. 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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