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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballincurry (Crohane parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballincurry (Crohane parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies high grassland with clear views in every direction. A circular area about 31 metres across sits inside a worn earth and stone bank, while a narrow outer ditch remains visible only to the north-northwest. Field boundaries have cut through the eastern bank and ditch, leaving a western gap and a centre marked by thorn and gorse bushes.

In grassland atop high ground with good views in all directions in upland region. Ringfort consists of a circular area (approx.int. diam. N-S 31m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.4; ext. H 0.8m) with an outer fosse visible (base Wth 2.5m; top Wth 4m; ext. D 0.4m) only NNW elsewhere it has been filled in. Gap (Wth 2.5m) in bank at W and bank has been levelled at E with field boundary traversing centre of site on a NE-SW axis. Interior covered in thorn bushes and bank covered in gorse bushes. Fosse of ringfort intersected at E by a field boundary on a N-S axis. No other features visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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