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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycahane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycahane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycahane, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing slope near another ancient burial mound. A circular space twenty-nine metres across holds a low earthen bank and outside ditch, with a four-metre-wide causewayed entrance at the east.
Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous area with a nearby barrow (TN031-017) the S. A poorly preserved circular area (diam. 29m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) with causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at E. 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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