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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barna (kinalea By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (53.4m N-S; 50.9m E-W) enclosed by pair of earthen banks with wide intervening fosse and shallow outer fosse. Inner bank (int. H 2m; ext. H 4.2m) 13.14m from outer bank (int. H 2.9m; ext. H 1.4m). Interior level and crossed by cultivation ridges running E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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