What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Borrisnoe is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Borrisnoe, County Tipperary, Ireland. A natural hillock on a rise sloping southeast was truncated to form the ringfort. The circular enclosure measures 33 metres north-south and east-west, bounded by an earth and stone bank 2.5 metres wide and an outer ditch 3.3 metres wide. The eastern entrance is 2.8 metres wide and framed by two boulders, the larger on the north side.

Situated on a natural rise of land sloping to the SE in very undulating terrain. A natural hillock which has been truncated to form a ringfort. The present remains consist of a circular enclosure (diam. 33m N-S and E-W) delimited by a substantial earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.8m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.2m). The interior slopes very gradually to the SE with the natural slope of the land. The entrance (Wth 2.8m) at E is defined by a large boulder on the N side (dims. 1.4m L x 0.7m H x 0.85m D) and a much smaller boulder on the S side (dims. 0.63m L x 0.44m H x 0.5m D). 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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