What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Borrisnafarney is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Borrisnafarney, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a west-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular space twenty metres north-south and twenty-five metres east-west lies inside two earth and stone banks separated by a five-metre-wide, fifty-centimetre-deep ditch. A modern three-metre gap opens the west side, while a southern stream has destroyed all enclosing features there.

Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 20m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.5m) with modern gap (Wth 3m) at W. The site is intersected by a stream at S destroying all enclosing features. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) is best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1.5m) is only visible at NW. 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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