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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanballyreagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture on NNW-facing lsope. Good view to N. Shown as oval enclosure (c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled c. 1870; stone faced field fence (H 1.1m) respects line of bank S->N. Depression (D 0.35m; Wth 2m) immediately to E of bank. No other visible trace of site. 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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