What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyvadin (Magorban parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyvadin (Magorban parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a horse paddock beside stable buildings and consists of a circular area 30 metres across, bounded by a steep scarp 1.1 metres wide and 2.2 metres high. A dense hedgerow covers the scarp, and a retaining wall stands in the northwest quadrant. A fosse 7 metres wide and 1.1 metres deep runs from north-northeast through east to south; overgrowth leaves only the stretch from east-northeast through east to south accessible, while the fosse is backfilled from south through west to north-northeast.

In horse paddock of stables, with nearby buildings to E, S and W. A circular area (diam. 30m) defined by a steep scarp (Wth 1.1m; H 2.20m), surmounted by dense hedgerow, with a retaining wall in the NW quadrant and a fosse (overall Wth 7m; basal Wth 3.1m; D 1.1m) from the NNE-E-S which is only accessible ENE-E-S due to overgrowth and is backfilled from S-W-NNE. There is an entrance gap (Wth 4m) at SSW. The interior is gently undulating with a rise in the W and NE sector, the former is possibly associated with the remains of a limekiln indicated on the W bank on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. A road runs WSW-ENE c. 11m to the NNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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