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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellmount Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (32.5m N-S) enclosed by low eroded earthen bank (int. H 0.6m) SW->NE; scarp NE->SE; external fosse (D 1.1m) WSW->NE; outer earthen bank (H 0.2m; max. H 0.6m) WNW->NE. Fosse infilled to WNW where laneway skirts site. Interior raised on S and E sides to compensate for hillslope. 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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