What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynacree is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynacree, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies level wet pasture ten metres east of a stream flowing northeast to southwest. A circular raised area twenty-eight metres across holds a low internal earthen bank four point seven metres wide, while a narrow external ditch two metres wide runs beside it. The bank is best preserved from northeast to west, but the shallow ditch is difficult to discern from south to northwest.

In level wet pasture, 10m to the E of a NE-SW flowing stream. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 28m) defined by a low internal earthen bank (overall Wth 4.7m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with an external narrow flat-bottomed fosse (overall Wth 2m; Wth at base 0.6m; D 0.2m). The internal bank has a low irregular profile and is best preserved NE-W. The fosse is very shallow and difficult to discern at ground level S-NW. Two NE-SW orientated relic field drains link to the fosse at NE and S and the drain has been widened (Wth at base 2m) between the two drains NE-S. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is clear of overgrowth, undulates gently and is slightly raised at the centre. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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