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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barrinclay

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage, on N-facing slope. Depicted on 1842, 1904 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps ashachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) with roadway running approx. N-S crossing E half of interior. Arc, formed by earthen bank (int. H 2.2m) with shallow external fosse (Wth 2m), survives on E side of roadway in roadside boundary. Bank heavily overgrown; some stone facing visible on inner face. Crop growing in field to W of roadway; no visible surface trace of levelled bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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