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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyclogh (kinnatalloon By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on natural knoll on SE-facing slope; stream c. 70m to SE; farm track skirts site to N. Roughly circular area (27m N-S; 31.8m E-W) enclosed by inner bank (H 0.2m), surviving best WSW->NE; fosse S->NE; outer bank (int. H 0.9m) SW->NW, terrace NE->SSW; outer fosse (D 0.5m) SW->WNW, scarp NE->SSW; to the E is a further level terrace before breaking downslope. Gap in inner bank to ESE, worn below level of interior, with causeway across inner fosse. Interior level, slopes gradually to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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