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What is recorded here

Large sub-rectangular area projecting SW from Bear Island into Bantry Bay. Low earthen bank (H 1m) runs across neck; shallow fosse on both sides of bank; field fence to landward side. Interior divided axially by natural fault. Rectangular hut site (6m x 3m) and various anomolous groupings of stones to E, on lower side. 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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Doonbeg Head — Greenane (bear By.)

What is recorded here