Blossomfort

Blossomfort
Lios Ard Bláiche
	Shown within Ireland
Location	Blossomfort, Ballyclogh, ; County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates	52°09′41″N 8°45′15″W / 52.161504°N 8.754160°WCoordinates: 52°09′41″N 8°45′15″W / 52.161504°N 8.754160°W
Type	ringfort
History
Material	earth
Founded	c. AD 550–900
Site notes
Ownership	state
Designation	National Monument of Ireland

Blossomfort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument (#594) located in County Cork, Ireland.^[2]

Location[]

Blossomfort is located 1 km southwest of Ballyclogh.

History and description[]

Blossomfort is a circular lios, 60 m (200 ft) in diameter with an entrance in the northeast corner.^[3] 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.^[4]

References[]

^ http://www.heritageireland.ie/media/Listing%207%20January%202003.xls^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/[PAC-R-1288]-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf
^ "25-inch OS map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
^ "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".

[1] ttp://www.heritageireland.ie/media/Listing%207%20January%202003.xls^{[bare URL]}

[2] ttps://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/[PAC-R-1288]-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf

[3] "25-inch OS map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[4] "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".

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