What is recorded here

Enclosure in Fertiana is an enclosure in Fertiana, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a shallow valley that slopes slightly southeast toward the River Suir floodplain, with two ringforts visible to the southeast and northeast. The irregular site measures 38.5 metres northwest to southeast and 18 metres northeast to southwest, containing a substantial earthen bank beside a wide, flat-bottomed ditch.

Situated in a valley on ground sloping very slightly to the SE to the floodplain of the River Suir. Ringforts (TN047-020 and TN047-019) are visible to the SE and NE respectively. An irregular-shaped enclosure (diam. NW-SE 38.5m; NE-SW 18m) defined by a fairly substantial earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.46m; ext. H 1.23m) and a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.1m; D 0.62m). The inner face of the counterscarp has a stone revetment at NW and may have been adopted as a field boundary. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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