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 natural hillock on an east-facing slope, forming a 57-metre north-south circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The bank stands 0.4 metres high internally and 2 metres wide, while an outer ditch 2 to 4 metres wide surrounds it. A possible 5-metre entrance gap opens toward the southwest, and a 5-metre wide, 1.5-metre deep trackway cuts through the eastern sector on a north-south axis.

Situated on top of a natural hillock on an E-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-022) to the E. A circular area (diam. 57m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 2m max.) with outer fosse (Wth 2-4m) and possible entrance gap (Wth 5m) at SW. A trackway (Wth 5m; D 1.5m) cuts through the E sector of the site on a N-S axis. The interior follows the natural slope of the hillock, rising to a summit in the centre. 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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