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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 60.5m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.6m) ENE->SW; levelled elsewhere. Surviving bank incorporated into field fence system. Hartnett (1939, 185) recorded 'traces of a deep wide fosse' to W. According to local information, bank to N and NW levelled c. 1970s during field fence clearance. 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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