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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pouladown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture on gentle W-facing slope; extensive outlook in all directions. Hachured as univallate enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; now levelled. Circular area (c. 36m N-S; c. 34m E-W) defined by slight rise with depression E->W, least visible to E; bank incorporated into earthen field fence NNW->ENE. Interior stony, sloping to W. 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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