What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlonty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinlonty, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the west face of a north-south ridge above a nearby enclosure to the south. A roughly circular area 38 metres wide from east to west remains inside an earth and stone bank 1.5 metres wide, although the bank stands only 0.2 metres high internally and 0.5 metres externally. Faint traces of an external ditch and a possible 3-metre-wide entrance gap appear at the west, while a modern gap opens at the north-northeast and a field fence cuts the bank at the north and south.

Situated on the W face of a N-S ridge in an upland area with a nearby enclosure site (TN034-075) to S. A roughly circular area (diam. 38m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) mainly reduced to a scarp with traces of an external fosse and a possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at W. There is a modern gap in the bank at NNE. A field fence intersects the bank at N and S destroying the bank and fosse at S. 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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