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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanavally (kinalea By., Ballymartle Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Oval area (63m E-W; 54.7m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m) to S, W and N; scarp to E; intervening fosse and second bank (H 0.55m) survives WSW->NNW. Bulge on inner face of inner bank to SW; gap to ENE. Gap in outer bank to WSW. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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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