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Indicated — Caherdowney

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Shown as circular field on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. In rough grazing at foot of E side of Ballyvouskill Mountain. Circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by collapsed stone wall (H 1.4m; T 3.5m), topped by later field fence. Original external facing survives in places to W and N. Old cultivation ridges cross interior; low cairn (diam. 2.5m; H 0.5m) in NE quadrant. 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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