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In pasture, on high knoll with commanding view in every direction. Earthen bank (int. H 1.1m) surrounds knoll SE->NW (C 44m); external deep fosse (D 2.2m) and outer bank (ext. H 2.8m) SW->NW. Bank one, stone faced internally and incorporated into field fence system, forms SW corner of field. Fort referred to by Broker (1937, 44) on James Kelliher's land as 'statute acre; biggest about here, half of fence destroyed, fosse very deep - about 20 feet'.
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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