What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyphilip (Kilmore parish, North Riding) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyphilip (Kilmore parish, North Riding), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies high ground in an upland area and preserves a raised circular space 27 metres wide from east to west. An earth and stone bank 2 metres wide and 1.3 metres high remains visible only at the south, while the rest of the circuit has worn into a scarp above a shallow external ditch 4 metres wide. A modern field boundary follows the ditch from south through west to north, and a field fence cuts across it at the north and southeast.

Situated on high ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1.3m) visible at S only, elsewhere reduced to a scarp with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4m). A modern field boundary skirts the fosse from S through W to N and a field fence intersects the fosse at N and SE. No entrance feature visible. 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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