What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinard (Cloneen parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinard (Cloneen parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 30 metres north-south and 34 metres east-west on a pasture slope, bounded by a 7.25-metre-wide earthen bank with an external height of 1.5 metres. A shallow external ditch 6.6 metres wide and 0.05 metres deep remains visible where furze does not cover it, while a deeper ditch running southwest to northwest may have been re-cut as a drain. The ringfort cuts a southern enclosure, with two other enclosures located 150 metres northwest and 220 metres south.

In pasture, near top of E-facing slope. Excellent views all round. Oval area (dims. 30m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 7.25m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) obscured by furze. External fosse (basal Wth 1.75m; total Wth 6.6m; D 0.05m) visible in places where there is no furze cover. Deep fosse SW-NW possibly re-cut as drain and choked by furze. Interior under pasture and slopes down gently to E with prevalent slope. According to Cahill (1982) this monument was levelled in 1973/4. Ringfort cuts enclosure (TS070-024001-) to S. Enclosures (TS070-131----) located 150m to NW and (TS070-026----) located 220m to S respectively. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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