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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynahow (Glenkeen parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynahow (Glenkeen parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits on a natural rise in a river valley, where a 1.5-metre-wide earth and stone bank encloses a 15-metre circular area. Slight traces of a shallow ditch remain beside the bank, which stands 0.3 metres high internally and 1 metre high externally. A possible 2.5-metre entrance gap opens at the north-east.

Situated on top of a natural rise of ground in a river valley in a mountainous region. A raised circular area (diam. 15m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) with slight traces of a shallow fosse. Possible entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at NE. 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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