What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballykinlalee is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballykinlalee, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies high ground overlooking another ringfort to the southwest. A barely visible circular area about 33 metres across from north to south is marked by a low rise that remains clearest at the northeast. An earlier description recorded an earth and stone bank two metres wide around a 35-metre circle, with a two-metre entrance gap at the east and no external ditch.
Situated on high ground in an upland area overlooking a ringfort (TN031-037) to the SW. The barely discernible outline of a levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. approx. 33m N-S) defined by a low rise of ground best preserved at NE. Described by Wheeler (OPW 1957) as a ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.5m) with no external fosse and an entrance gap (Wth 2m) 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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