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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinluig East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In tillage. Circular area (56.5m N-S; 54.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 0.9m); external fosse; second bank (H 0.35m), levelled to NNE; and outer fosse (D 0.8m) surviving to W. Gaps in bank to W and NNE, with causeways. Banks and fosse heavily overgrown; interior ploughed. 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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