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In pasture, on WNW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; arc formed by substantial earthen bank survives to E, incorporated into field boundary system, with shallow external fosse (D 0.2m). Probably single-ramparted fort recorded by Bowman (1934, 548) on E. Linehan's land, consisting of bank (H c. 6ft) with partially infilled fosse (Wth c. 15ft) and interior c. 2ft higher than outside field 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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