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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killagrohan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level pasture. Roughly circular, raised area (25m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (ext. H 0.5m) with external fosse (D 0.7m). Break (Wth 0.64m) in bank to NNW. Fosse generally silted up and waterlogged. Interior planted with trees; inner fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.3m) noted SW->NNE; SE side of interior appears higher than remainder. 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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