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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghboola More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. According to landowner, levelled c. 1984. No visible surface trace; break in slope indicates position of site. Broker (1937, 45) records '3 forts, average size, all with double fence' on this farm. Levelled ringfort (8156) in adjoining field to NW; standing stone (6650) once stood c. 100m to E. 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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