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Indicated — Ballyvouskill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On small shelf of ground, high up on NE-facing slope of Ballyvouskill Mountain. Circular area (24m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) S->NE. Bank contains some large stones; gap (Wth 3.8m) in bank to NNW. Enclosure bounded on SE side by large drain running NE-SW; drain recently deepened during which time bank NE->S levelled. Large trench (Wth c. 6m; D 0.8m) inside bank N->NE dug by landowner for clay. Disused trackway skirts enclosure on W side. 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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