What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinveny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinveny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a hillock above flat marshy terrain, with the Ollatrim River to the north and another enclosure site to the east. A fifty-metre circular area is bounded by a one-metre-wide earth and stone bank that stands eighty-five centimetres high inside and eighty centimetres high outside, although much of the structure has reduced to a scarp. An external ditch remains visible in places, but no entrance feature is currently distinguishable.

Situated on top of a hillock on flat marshy terrain in an upland area with a nearby enclosure site (TN022-055) to the E and the Ollatrim River to the N. A circular area (diam. 50m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.8m) mainly reduced to a scarp with an external fosse visible in places. No entrance feature visible. 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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