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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymacorcoran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on break in gentle SW-facing slope, E of Foherish River. Circular slightly raised area (36m E-W; 34m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) with shallow external fosse to N. Break in bank to WSW. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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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