What is recorded here

Castle, ringwork and bailey in Shanakyle stands on an elevated NE-facing slope in County Tipperary, Ireland, overlooking a stream valley. Its oval bank and deep fosse still mark the place where people once lived, watched the land, and kept what they valued. The nearby enclosure and possible outer bailey suggest a small settled world, not a lonely ruin.

In pasture, on an elevated area of a NE-facing slope, overlooking valley of stream. An enclosure (TS062-029----) lies c. 250m to the NE. An oval area (dims. 38m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a substantial bank (Wth at top 2.1m; overall Wth 12.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.25m) from WSW-W-NNW, a steep scarp (Wth 7.3m; H 3.4m) in the NE quadrant and lower scarp (Wth 5.15m; H 1.2m) from E-S-WSW and a deeply cut, wide fosse (basal Wth 3.9m; overall Wth 13.75m; D 1.85m) from WSW-W-NW and a well-formed, yet shallower fosse from ENE-E-WSW. A ramp-like 'causeway' (Wth 2m) climbs steadily around the curvilinear contour of the bank at NW, accessing the entrance (overall Wth 6m; basal Wth 3m) at N. A causeway (Wth c. 5.5m) at the WSW may be recent. The interior slopes gently to the NE and levels out toward the scarp on the N side. A field boundary, running ENE-WSW, traverses the monument off-centre to the SSE. There are traces of a possible levelled outer bank WSW-W-NW of the monument which may have enclosed a bailey area (dims. 27m E-W) with a possible entrance at the WNW. There are natural water channels to the SW and a narrow, possibly man-made, channel located 18m to the E-SE. Enclosure (TS062-029----) is c. 250m to NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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