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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rooves More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. 36.5m) defined by two earthen banks (H 1m) with deep intervening fosse. Banks partially overgrown with furze bushes; causewayed entrance to SW. Souterrain (CO072-070002-) in interior. Four stones forming a line outside enclosure to NE may be remains of field boundary marked on 1904 OS 6-inch map (Hartnett 1939, Fig. XXIX, 1). 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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