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A U-shaped fosse (Wth 3.3m at top; Wth 0.8m at base; D 1.6m) was found at Ballynoe church (vol. 2, no. 5613) during the course of an archaeological excavation in 1996 (Cotter 1997, 10; 2002c, 105-34). The excavation was part of a programme of phased conservation work undertaken by Cork County Council (see also Cotter 1996a, 6; 2000a, 21). The fosse extended to the NW in an arc from under the wall of the sacristy which is on the N side of the chancel. The excavator concluded that this fosse is likely to have been the enclosing element of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (Cotter 2002c, 121).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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