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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockburden

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), with quarry outside N bank and possible outer bank as solid line S->NW on 1842 OS 6-inch map; N bank missing but second solid line S->W exists outside first on 1903 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; band of dark green grass enclosing circular area (diam. 23.5m) clearly visible. Hartnett (1939, 260) recorded single rampart enclosing circular area (diam. 91ft), with second and third bank surviving in SW quadrant. 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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