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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooleenaree

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. 34m) enclosed in parts by earthen bank with external fosse. Surviving portions of bank partially covered with field fence clearance material; fosse, where surviving, filled with similar material. Souterrain (8867) in interior. According to Broker (1937, 47), locally called 'Cuil Fort'. Ringfort (CO039-081---) in view c. 200m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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