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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknageeha South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; as hachured circular raised area with section of bank remaining to NE on 1937 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled c. 1977. Circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by low rise to S and W; by differential growth pattern to E on line of bank. Probably single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 28yd) recorded by Bowman (1934, 277) with about one-sixth of circuit remaining (H c. 3ft). 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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