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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Reagrellagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m) on 1842, 1903 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Arc formed by earthen bank (H 1m) survives NNW->NE incorporated into field fence system; levelled bank clearly visible as soilmark in aerial photograph (CASAP). Hartnett (1939, 238) describes rampart as 'very much overgrown and broken'. Souterrain (CO061-055002-) in interior. 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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