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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghawaddra (muskerry East By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Circular area (c. 27m E-W; 24m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m), stone-faced externally. Drain (now dry) dug inside bank SE->SW; material from drain banked up on its N side; drain exits fort at SE and SW, cutting through bank. Water flows through deep drain cut outside W bank. Overgrown pile of stones lies just SE of rock outcrop near centre of interior. No visible surface trace of outer bank on N side mentioned by Hartnett (1939, 101); area planted with trees. Standing stone (CO060-083001-) outside W bank no longer survives. 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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