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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballintotty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballintotty, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing slope beside an east-west ridge in pasture and tillage. The enclosure measures 71.4 metres north-south and 58.8 metres east-west, with a scrub-covered bank standing 1.35 metres high and a flat-bottomed external ditch 4.3 metres wide and 1 metre deep. The ditch is less evident at the west and is not visible at the north.

Situated on a S-facing slope, just off the crest of an E-W ridge, in pasture/tillage. A large enclosure (diam. 71.4m N-S; 58.8m E-W) defined by a bank, largely reduced to a scarp (H 1.35m) and overgrown with scrub, and a wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 1m). The fosse is less evident at W and is not visible at N. 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

A large earthen ringfort in Ballintotty, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a substantial bank and ditch, now largely reduced to a scarp. Local tradition refers to it as a "fairy fort," reflecting the common Irish belief in such sites as dwellings of the faé or ancient inhabitants.

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