Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycormuck

Situated on a NE-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 1m) with no evidence of an entrance feature. The enclosing bank is reduced to a scarp and is poorly preserved at N. There is evidence of stone-facing along the external face of the bank at S. The fosse is destroyed at SW where a field boundary intersects the site. 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