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In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; arc formed by hachured bank survives SSE->WSW on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (30.5m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.6m) SSE->WNW, with external fosse surviving as slight slope down to base of bank; low rise elsewhere. Interior level. One of five levelled and partially levelled ringforts (CO030-043---; CO030-045---; CO030-048---; CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land.
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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