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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Brittas (duhallow By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, below top of ridge on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps; external fosse hachured to E, S and W on 1936 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, levelled c. 1967. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 584) as triple-ramparted fort (diam. c. 32yd) in 'Lisin Ruadh' subdivision on F. Roche's land; banks 4 to 7ft H, with about half of middle rampart and one-sixth of outer rampart remaining. Possible souterrain (CO032-212---) in interior. 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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