What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinenagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies a gradual east-northeast-facing pasture slope, where levelling has reduced the structure to a barely visible circular platform. The platform measures 27.3 metres from north to south, 27 metres from east to west and rises 0.63 metres above the ground with an undulating surface. A natural north-south depression lies immediately west of the remains.

Situated on a gradual ENE-facing slope in pasture. Not indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map but shown on the latest ed. as a circular mound/enclosure. The site has been levelled and is barely visible as a roughly circular-shaped platform (diam. 27.3m N-S; 27m E-W; H 0.63m) with an undulating surface. There is a natural depression extending N-S immediately W of the site. 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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