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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skarragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope, overlooking Blackwater River valley. Depicted as hachured D-shaped enclosure (straight side c. 30m E-W; projecting c. 25m to S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (diam. 24m) defined by low rise all round except to N where field boundary exists. Land falls away steeply to N of site. 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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