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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Abbeystrowry

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture on SE-facing slope. D-shaped area (18m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.05m) NE-SW; field fence SE-NE. Low undulation (H c. 0.5m) noted in field to NNE. Known locally as ringfort. 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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