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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyvatta

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In tillage, on NNE-facing slope. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as circular enclosure (diam. c. 42m); on 1904 OS 6-inch map as slight curve in E-W field fence. Levelled; differential crop growth traces outline of site; field curves to respect enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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