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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cashel More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, below hilltop on N-facing slope. Circular area (42m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m), stone faced in parts. Low rise (H 0.5m), concentric with and 10m inside bank, encloses area with diam. of 20m. Possible hut site atop inner enclosure to NE (diam. 2.4m); depression inside enclosure to SW may be result of quarrying. 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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