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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Caher (magunihy By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rough pasture, on top of a rise on a N-facing slope, with restricted views due to trees and bushes. A circular area (35m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.75m) NW-ENE with trees on top, by a scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.4m) SE-SW and by an overgrown bank with several breaks SW-NW. The bank is truncated by a tree-lined linear earthen field boundary ENE-SE. The interior is covered with rushes and slopes down to the N; it is largely obscured by overgrowth and is raised (H 0.4m) at S and (H 1.15m) at N to partially compensate for the hillslope. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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