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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Lios Buí Mór

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (31m E-W; 29.6m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 2m). Gaps in bank to SE, S and NW; possible entrance (Wth 2m) to ENE. Laneway skirts bank to W. Interior cut into hillside to SE and raised on NW side to compensate for hillslope; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges on NW-SE axis. 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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