What is recorded here

Castle, ringwork in Garrandee is a broken earthen circle beside a farmhouse in County Tipperary, Ireland. Its steep outer bank still rises while a gap marks where the ring failed or opened. The missing quarter may have never existed, vanished under soil, or be buried beneath grass and time.

In small pasture field, adjacent to E of 2-storey farmhouse. Remains of circular ringfort defined as raised semi-circular area (Arc. c. 38m NE-SW; dims. 20m E-W) by substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 3.2m) S-W-NE. Breach (Wth c. 4m) reduces bank height (Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 2.3m) at NNW. Bank very steep on exterior and slopes down gradually on interior. ESB pole inserted into top of bank at WNW and stay is anchored into base adjacent. Enclosed area of interior in long grass. No visible surface trace of monument NE-E-S. Possible ringwork (TS068-105----) intervisibe c. 235m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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