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Indicated — Rossnakilla

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by low earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m) to E and W; scarp (H 1m) to S; to N by sharp drop (H 1m) down to interior. Bank stone-faced externally. Interior cut into hillside to N and raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. One of two adjoining roughly circular fields on 1904 OS 6-inch map; locally known as ringfort. 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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