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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknamona

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, atop hillock. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 (diam. c. 50m), 1905 and 1936 (diam. c. 35m) OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; earthen townland boundary skirts site to E, similar to surrounding field fences. Site shown as incorporating townland boundary on 1842 OS 6-inch map; shown to W of boundary fence on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Probably single-ramparted ringfort (diam. c. 47yd) recorded by Bowman (1934, 592) on T. Buckley's land. 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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