What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Archerstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Archerstown, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area measuring about 33.5 metres north-south and 38 metres east-west at the south end of a deer-park. An earth and stone bank encloses this space, rising 0.73 metres internally and 1.55 metres externally. A gap in the southeast sector may mark the original entrance, while the deer-park wall partially destroys the bank at the south.

Situated on flat ground in a deer-park with a river to the SE. A limekiln is depicted immediately N of site on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map. An oval area (diam. c. 33.5m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m crest, int. H 0.73m; ext. H 1.55m) situated at the S end of the deer-park, the wall of which partially destroys the bank at S. The bank itself slopes gently to the interior but falls quite steeply to the exterior. In the NE quadrant it has been quarried into with upcast thrown into the site. A gap (Wth 2.6m) in the SE sector may be the original entrance feature. No visible trace of an external fosse. Approximately 5-6m NW of the site there is a subrectangular platform (diam. 20m) of unknown antiquity. There are other earthworks in the field N of the site including a rectangular enclosure (dims. 47m x 22m) aligned almost N-S 11m from the E wall of the deer-park. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.