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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glen North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope, c. 200m to N of Glen River. Circular area (29.5m E-W; 28.5m N-S) defined by earth and stone bank (max. int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.85m) NNW->SE; stone-built field fence replaces bank SE->SSW; low rise elsewhere. Loose field clearance stone dumped against outer face of bank to N. Interior grass-covered and level. 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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