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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Woodstock

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Extensive views to NW and SSW. Raised circular area (32.6m E-W; 30.75m N-S) enclosed by steep-sided inner bank (max. int. H 1.55m; ext. H 4.05m); rock-cut intervening fosse with possible well to NE; berm (Wth 3.5m); outer bank (H 2.25m), inner face quarried into to E; shallow external fosse N->SSW, formerly deep but recently infilled with debris SSW->N. Interior split levelled, with E half c. 1.25m higher than W. At centre, depression and spoil heap indicated disturbance due to digging. According to local information O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, camped here in 1599. 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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