Blossomfort

County Cork, Ireland

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

Blossomfort is located 1 kilometer southwest of Ballyclogh.

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

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