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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Claragh More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NE-facing slope, on lower NNE slope of Claragh Mountain and on W side of mountain stream. Circular area (28m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m) SE->NW, with external fosse (D 0.8m) SE->S; scarp (H c. 1.4m) NW->NE. Break (Wth 4m) in bank to SSW joined to levelled section of bank to E by farm trackway which crosses interior. Stream flows through part of remaining fosse. Interior slopes down to NE and used as dump for field clearance material. 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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