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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballytarsna (Hackett) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballytarsna (Hackett), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies grassland atop a low rise with views in all directions. The larger circular enclosure measures 25 metres north-south and 27 metres east-west inside an earth and stone bank that is 1 metre wide at the top and 2.8 metres wide at the base. A causewayed entrance gap 3 metres wide at the northeast connects it to the northern ringfort, while an outer ditch 2 metres wide at the base and 4 metres wide at the top encloses both enclosures except where the eastern field boundary cut through it.

In grassland atop low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Nearby ringfort (TS053-022----) visible 130m to NE. Conjoined ringfort (TS053-021----) to N. This larger circular ringfort (int. diam. 25m N-S; 27m E-W) is enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H0.9m) reduced to a scarp at W with outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4m; ext. D 0.3m) which encloses both enclosures. It accesses the northern ringfort via a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE. Both enclosures are contained within a small rectangular field as depicted on 1953-4 ed. OS 6-inch map. This field boundary intersects the outer face of the enclosing bank of both enclosures at E on a N-S axis destroying the outer fosse. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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