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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilgobnet (duhallow By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Circular area (42.5m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.3m) W->NNE; low rise (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.3m) elsewhere; external fosse survives as slight depression S->W. Bank which survives W->NNE is incorporated into roadside boundary fence. Interior raised on NE side to compensate for hillslope. Circular enclosure clearly visible as shadow site in aerial photograph (CASAP); showing levelled bank NNE->SW, external fosse E->SW and possibly second bank to SW. No visible surface trace of limekiln marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map inside S bank or second limekiln outside enclosure to SW. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 539) as levelled double-ramparted fort (diam. c. 38m) on P. O'Callaghan's land. 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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