What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballincurra is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballincurra, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the lower south-facing slope of Ballincurra Hill as a circular area measuring 34 metres north-south and 35 metres east-west. An earthen bank, two metres wide with internal and external heights of 0.8 and one metre respectively, encloses the area and joins a flat-bottomed outer ditch one point six to three metres wide and one point five three metres deep. The ditch is best visible upslope to the north, east and west but disappears towards the south, while the bank reduces to a scarp along the south edge and loses its external ditch in the west sector.

Situated on the lower S-facing slope of Ballincurra Hill. A circular area (diam. 34m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m) and wide flat-bottomed outer fosse (Wth 1.6-3m; D 1.53m) which is best visible upslope to N, E and W but disappears towards S. The bank is reduced to a scarp along the S edge of the site, and is quite denuded in the W sector with no external fosse. No definite entrance visible. 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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