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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Shronagreehy

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (22.5m N-S; 24.5m E-W) enclosed by ruined stone wall. Original outer facing visible to SW and W: large regular blocks with core of smaller stones. Some recent rebuilding on general line of inner facing of earlier wall now reduced to foundation level. Entrance to E (Wth 2m) blocked by wall. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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