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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killathy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage; land slopes down from site to Blackwater River c. 200m away to S. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W419). 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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