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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glantane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, at bend of stream and above steep-sided glen. Circular area (35m NE-SW; 32.5m NNW-SSE) enclosed by two earthen banks NE->SSW (inner bank: int. H 0.4m; middle bank: int. H 1.2m to base of fosse) with intervening fosse; three earthen banks SSW->NE (outer bank: H 0.9m) with intervening fosses. Banks WSW->NE terraced down steep slope into glen, with low inner heights. Middle bank incorporated into boundary system ESE->WSW; banks broken through to WSW by field boundary. Interior slopes down to NW. 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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