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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Na Huláin Thiar

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (29m E-W; 28.5m N-S) defined by earthen stone-faced bank (ext. H 0.9m; int. H 1.7m) W->E; scarp (H 2.5m) elsewhere. Possible entrance to ESE (Wth 4m). Interior set into hillslope to N; raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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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