What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballindigny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballindigny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slight break in a steep southwest-facing slope above a river valley. A thirty-four-metre-wide enclosure holds a deep U-shaped ditch and outer bank, while dense scrub and gorse still cover much of the interior.

Situated on a slight break in an otherwise steep SW-facing slope, in pasture. A river flows roughly NW-SE along the valley floor at the base of the slope. The site (diam. 34m E-W) is enclosed by a bank largely reduced to a scarp (H 1.15m) and a deep U-shaped fosse (Wth 6.3m) with outer bank (Wth 5.1m; int. H 1.43m; ext. H 2.04m). The interior is densely overgrown with scrub, brambles and gorse, particularly in the NE half. The outer bank has been dug into at N and heaps of spoil have been dumped there. There is a possible causewayed entrance in the SE quadrant with a reduction in the outer bank. Heavy growth impairs visibility and examination of possible entrance feature. 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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