What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlough (Aghnameadle parish), stook is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinlough (Aghnameadle parish), stook, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an east-facing slope in a mountainous region and preserves a 77-metre circular area bounded by an earth and stone bank, an outer ditch and a possible external bank. The bank is broken in places and disappears at the east where a stream crosses the site, while no clear entrance remains visible.

Situated on an E-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region. A large circular area (diam. 77m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.5-1.5m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 1m) with a possible external bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m). The bank is broken in places and is totally destroyed at E where a stream intersects the site. No clear entrance feature visible. The interior slopes steeply from W to E with possible quarrying in the E sector. 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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