School: Cnoc an Bhile, Upton (roll number 4152)
- Location:
- Upton, Co. Cork
- Teachers: D. Ó Donnchadha S. Ní Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 291
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- (continued from previous page)farm. It is a square fort with a thick fence of earth all round it. It is much higher than the surrounding fields and it has been tilled by the present owner. Nothing has ever been soon or heard there. It is a Danish fort.
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Brothersfort is supposed to be of Danish origin, from the Slayer of Brian Boru - Broder.
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Deanesfort in the same townland has apparently no connection with the Danes but comes from a family named "Deane" who lived there at one time.
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Cashel fort is the best known. It is situated in Mr O'Sullivan's land of Clashanimud. It is 598 feet above sea level. Raheen fort, the highest point in the district it is 602 feet above sea level. Cashel fort is remarkable owing to the fact that there is only one other like it in the country. This fort contains an outer ring or circle in addition to the(continues on next page)
