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Ballydavid Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on flat pasture with extensive views; destroyed castle site (TN048-007) immediately to S. An impressive large circular area (diam. 75m N-S) enclosed by a large flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2.5-5m) with traces of an infilled fosse and destroyed entrance gap (Wth 10m) at SSE. The vertical nature of the bank's inner face is probably due to the cleaning of the bank face by a bulldozer. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
Situated on flat pasture with extensive views; destroyed castle site (TN048-007) immediately to S. An impressive large circular area (diam. 75m N-S) enclosed by a large flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2.5-5m) with traces of an infilled fosse and destroyed entrance gap (Wth 10m) at SSE. The vertical nature of the bank's inner face is probably due to the cleaning of the bank face by a…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN048-006

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Pictures: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Martin Richard Phelan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Lár na Páirce Museum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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