What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynacree is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynacree, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a roughly circular raised area 17m across, bounded by a gently sloping earthen scarp and an external ditch. The ditch is best preserved from the west to the north-northeast, but it is silted up and barely visible from the north-northeast to the southwest.

On level ground in gently undulating pasture with a possible barrow (TS058-076----) located 100m to the SE. Roughly circular slightly raised area (diam. 17m) defined by a gently sloping earthen scarp (overall Wth 3.5-4m; H 1-1.2m) with an external fosse (overall Wth 4.3m; Wth at base 2.2m; D 0.4m). From SW-W the scarped edge has been straightened off by a NNW-ESE orientated field bank. The fosse is best preserved W-NNE being silted up and barely visible NNE-SW. A relic NE-SW orientated field drain links to the fosse at NNE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is clear of overgrowth and the W half is level while the E half slopes slightly facing E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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