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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Claraghatlea North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NW-facing slope down to nearby stretch of low flat marshy land. Roughly circular area (24m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by low, worn, earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.4m), except to NW where scarp (H 1.2m) exists. Interior grass-covered; slight depression at centre. Ringfort (CO039-039---) lies c. 150m to SE. 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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