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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Monataggart

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture. Depicted on 1842, 1903 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m). Bank levelled except for arc to N which has been incorporated into field fence system. Hartnett (1939, 204) recorded entrance to E; 'diameter 172 feet'. 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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