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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kippagh North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, atop rise on gentle N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured triangular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with limekiln in N bank; arc of hachured bank survives S->NW on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps, laneway to N skirts site. Interior (diam. 27m) defined by surviving earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m) SE->NNW. Break in bank to WNW (Wth 2m). Bank and part of interior planted with coniferous trees. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 64-5) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 32yd) on J. Galvin's land; bank H c. 4ft, interior c. 2ft higher than outside field level; disused limekiln on northern rampart. 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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