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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cleanrath

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured roughly oval enclosure (c. 30m NNE-SSW; c. 22m NW-SE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with E bank incorporated into field fence system. Levelled; arc formed by earthen field boundary (int. H 1.2m) NE->SSE, may incorporate original bank. To NNE, scarp may mark edge of enclosure on this side. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 295) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 33yd) on A. O'Riordan's land; with possible souterrain (CO030-244---). 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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