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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annesgift is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annesgift, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a large circular trivallate ringfort with a north-south diameter of 52 metres and an east-west diameter of 51 metres. Mature beech trees now occupy the interior, suggesting the earthworks were probably modified into a tree-ring. The monument stands on relatively flat pasture within Annesgift Estate, about 120 metres west of another recorded enclosure.

On relatively flat terrain in gently undulating pasture on Annesgift Estate. Enclosure (TS062-114----) was located c. 120m to E. Large circular trivallate ringfort (diam. 52m N-S; 51m E-W) planted with mature beech trees, probably modified as a tree-ring. Monument is enclosed by a bank (Wth 5.6-9.3m; int. H 0.27-1.21m; ext. H 1.7-3.67m); fosse (Wth 2.1-6.6m; D 1.66-2.07m); bank (Wth 6.2-9m; ext. H 1.2-2.05m); fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.9-1.31m) and outer bank (Wth 4.4-7.3m; ext. H 1m). Causeway (Wth 2.8m) over fosse in NW quadrant but no corresponding break in the inner or outer bank. Fosse is waterlogged in places. Inner bank is reduced to scarp in S quadrant and outer bank and fosse are not evident from S-SW. In the SE sector the outer bank merges with a field bank and projects out to form a triangular area. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A large circular trivallate ringfort in Annesgift, likely dating to the early medieval period, with a diameter of approximately 52m. Known locally as a fairy fort, it is associated with folklore surrounding faerie activity and is planted with mature beech trees.

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