What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bawn (Kilmore parish, North Riding) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bawn (Kilmore parish, North Riding), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in an upland area near another partially destroyed ringfort to the northeast. A barely discernible outline marks the destroyed site, defined by a low earth and stone bank about 40 metres across inside a tilled field. The remains were probably levelled during a land improvement scheme in the 1960s.

Situated on a low rise of ground in an upland area with a partially destroyed ringfort (TN026-028) nearby to the NE. The barely discernible outline of a destroyed ringfort (diam 40m approx.) defined by a low earth and stone bank in a field of tillage. Probably levelled by a land improvement scheme in the 1960s. 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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