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In pasture, on E-facing slope overlooking Comeenatrush River. Circular area (21.6m N-S) defined by low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.75m) NNW->SSE. Field boundary shown curving SSE->NNW on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps possibly incorporated bank; levelled, with yard of bungalow truncating SW side of enclosure. Interior raised on E side to compensate for hillslope. Locally known as fort; referred to by Broker (1937, 49) as 'fort, one eight acre, double fence, half levelled' on Tom Mullane's land.
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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