What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballygasheen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballygasheen, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slight east-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. The circular enclosure measures 29 metres north-south and 32 metres east-west. An earth and stone bank, 3.2 metres wide, defines the main boundary.

Situated on a slight E-facing slope in very gently undulating pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. 29m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.93m), a wide, U-shaped fosse (Wth 4.9m; D 1.1m), an outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.31m). Trees are growing in the interior and on the bank. The foundations of two stone buildings remain in the S sector - one (dims. 11.2m x 7.6m) is orientated NE-SW with rounded corners, the other, W of this (dims. 9.8m x 9.4m), abutts the inner face of the flattened bank. 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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