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Blossomfort

Coordinates: 52°09′41″N 8°45′15″W / 52.161504°N 8.754160°W / 52.161504; -8.754160
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Blossomfort
Lios Ard Bláiche
Blossomfort is located in Ireland
Blossomfort
Shown within Ireland
LocationBlossomfort, Ballyclogh,
County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates52°09′41″N 8°45′15″W / 52.161504°N 8.754160°W / 52.161504; -8.754160
Typeringfort
History
Materialearth
Foundedc. AD 550–900
Site notes
Ownershipstate[1]
Official nameBlossomfort
Reference no.594[2]

Blossomfort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument (#594) located in County Cork, Ireland.[3]

Location

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Blossomfort is located 1 km southwest of Ballyclogh.

History and description

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Blossomfort is a circular lios, 60 m (200 ft) in diameter with an entrance in the northeast corner.[4] Ringforts of this type were mostly built c. AD 550–900. Internally people were housed in wooden huts. Another fort lies immediately to the northeast; this may have served as a livestock enclosure.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Listing 7 January 2003". Heritage Ireland. Archived from the original (XLS) on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ^ "National Monuments of County Cork in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). National Monuments Service. 25 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2015 – via Oireachtas.
  4. ^ "25-inch OS map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".