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Cathairog — Lissanoohig

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On natural knoll, in pasture. Circular raised area (26.5m N-S; 26.8m E-W) enclosed by two dump-constructed stone banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.3m) badly eroded. Outer bank (H 1.45m) at lower level than inner bank. Stone slabs in fosse and atop outer bank to E. Inside inner bank to N a depression, which appears to be quarried, may be feature marked 'poulnataloon' on OS 6-inch map (1944). Interior level; truncated to SW by field fence running NW-SE. Possible souterrain (CO141-017002-) in SW quadrant. 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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