What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinulty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinulty, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in gently undulating pasture and now forms a slightly raised D-shaped area measuring 23 metres north-south and 19 metres east-west. A broad, flat-topped earthen bank encloses it, while the outer ditch survives as a slight hollow from southwest to northwest. The eastern bank has been removed and a modern ramp now gives access to the interior.

On top of a gently sloping low rise, in gently undulating improved pasture with a moated site (TS058-049001-) visible c. 320m to the NW. Shown as a hachured roughly circular area on the 1904 edition of the OS 6-inch map but has since been truncated at the E edge and now consists of a D-shaped slightly raised area (dims. 23m N-S; 19m W-E) defined by a broad flat-topped earthen bank (overall Wth 7.8m; Wth at top 1.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) with an external fosse (overall Wth 6m). The bank is best preserved SE-NW where the flat-topped profile is consistent and undisturbed. From NW-NE the bank has been increased in height (int. H 1.2m) with the addition of soil and some rubble rock derived from modern field clearance activity. An E-W orientated track lies 4m from the external base of the bank at N. The bank has been removed and the edge of the ringfort straightened off NE-SE with a modern ramp (Wth 3m) at E giving access to the interior. The fosse is visible SW-NW only as a very slight hollow at the external base of the bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.