What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ashleypark (Ardcrony parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ashleypark (Ardcrony parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies the south end of a low north-south ridge in meadow and appears as a roughly circular rise about 27 metres wide from east to west. A field fence running northeast to southwest cuts through the northwest quadrant.

Situated on the S end of a low N-S ridge in meadow. Depicted on the 1st and latest ed. OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure and visible on aerial photographs taken in April 1974 (GSIAP, R 192/3) as a cropmark. The site is levelled though visible as a roughly circular rise of ground (diam. c. 27m E-W). A field fence extending NE-SW transects the NW quadrant. 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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