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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grenagh South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), with field fence running E-W across S half of interior, on 1842 OS 6-inch map; bank with external fosse depicted surviving to N of field fence on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low rise in area of site to N of field fence; no visible surface trace to S of field boundary. 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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