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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanaclogh (carbery East (w.d) By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Circular area (29.7m N-S; 30.8m E-W) enclosed to S and SE by two earthen banks with intervening fosse; external fosse (D 1m). Berm (Wth 5m) replaces intervening fosse and outer bank to W and N; large earthen bank (H 2.6m) replaces both banks to NE. Large boulders dumped in outer fosse to W and N. Cultivation ridges cross interior on NNW-SSE 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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