What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballythomas is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballythomas, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slight east-facing slope in undulating pastureland and encloses a circular area measuring 48.6 metres north-south and 45.6 metres east-west. A high bank, 4.6 metres wide, 1.3 metres high inside and 1.2 metres high outside, surrounds the area and falls steeply to an outer ditch 6 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep. A 4.3-metre entrance opens in the southeast quadrant with boulders at the base of the bank, while the northern and southwest sectors show external truncation and dumped earth and boulders in the ditch.

Situated on a slight E-facing slope in undulating pastureland. A circular area (diam. 48.6m N-S; 45.6m E-W) enclosed by a high bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.2) which falls steeply to an outer fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.6m). There is an entrance in the SE quadrant (Wth 4.3m) with boulders at the base of the bank. In the N and SW sectors the bank has been truncated externally and earth and boulders have been dumped in the fosse at N. 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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