What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinglanna is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinglanna, County Tipperary, Ireland. The oval pasture site measures 19 metres north-south and 16 metres east-west, with a 3.8-metre-wide scarp standing 1.25 metres high. A 9.35-metre-wide ditch cuts between the inner scarp and the outer bank, which reaches 2.25 metres on its inner face but erodes to 0.9 metres where livestock have worn it. A field boundary crossing the north-northwest sector interrupts the ditch, while a low 3.5-by-4.75-metre area and a lichen-covered flat stone mark the grassy interior.

In pasture, on a general SW-facing slope. Oval area (dims 19m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 3.8m; H 1.25m). Possible berm (Wth 2.75m) NE-SW at base of scarp. Intervening fosse (Wth 9.35m; D 2.25m). Outer bank (Wth 7.6m; int. H 2.25m; ext. H 0.9m) NE-SE and SW-WNW is eroded by livestock WSW-WNW. Field boundary (long axis ENE-WSW) truncates fosse across NNW-sector. Interior is grass covered and slightly uneven. A low profile sub-circular area (dims. 3.5m N-S; 4.75m E-W) is within centre and a flat stone covered in lichens is in the SE-quadrant. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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