What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynahinch (Kilcomenty parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynahinch (Kilcomenty parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area measures 27 metres from northwest to southeast on a southeast-facing hill slope. An earth and stone bank encloses it, while a possible external ditch at the southeast is crossed by a modern road. A possible three-metre-wide ramped entrance gap opens at the east.

Situated on the SE-facing slope of a hillock in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 27m NW-SE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m) best visible at NE, elsewhere mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m at NW-3m at SE). A possible external fosse at SE is intersected by a modern road on a NE-SW axis and there is a possible ramped entrance gap (Wth 3m) 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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