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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknagappul (ibane and Barryroe By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (27m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m) to W, N and E; to S by N bank of conjoined ringfort (CO143-035003-). Gap to SW blocked by stone wall. To N and NW bank partly modifed and stone faced; original line visible as berm to outside. External fosse (max. D 1.4m) SW->ESE; causeway (Wth 5m) to N. Standing stone (CO143-035002-) 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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