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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lyre (barrymore By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On W-facing slope; fine view across stream valley to SW. Roughly circular area (47m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.5m), low to SW and W (H 0.4m), missing to NW; scarp to W (H 1.8m), damaged to SW; traces of fosse to WNW, S, N and perhaps E. Narrow gap in bank to NNW, probably recent; gap (Wth 2.5m) to E, stone faced to S. Interior raised to compensate for slope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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