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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31.5m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Banks (ext. H 1.5m) and fosse to W narrower and wider respectively than earthworks to E side. Interior used for grazing. Hartnett (1939, 249) recorded entrance to NE. 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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