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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlough (carbery West (e.d.) By)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rolling pasture. Oval, raised area (28.1m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m) S->N, stone-faced in parts; scarp (H 1.8m) N->S. External fosse silted up. Mound (L 8m; Wth 6m; H 2m) of earth and stone inside N bank. 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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