What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Borris (Twomileborris parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Borris (Twomileborris parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies flat, poorly drained pasture beside the Black River to the west. A subcircular area 25 metres wide from east to west is enclosed by an earth and stone bank 1.2 metres wide, rising 0.3 metres internally and 1 to 1.7 metres externally. Traces of a shallow outer ditch remain, but no entrance feature is visible.
Situated on flat poorly drained pasture with the nearby Black River to the W. A raised subcircular area (diam. 25m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1-1.7m) with traces of a shallow outer fosse. No entrance feature visible. A large quarry extends across the site interior on an E-W axis as indicated on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map.
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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- What survives
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