What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Brittas (Thurles parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Brittas (Thurles parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular area measures 42 metres east to west and contains a poorly preserved earth and stone bank 3 metres wide, 0.2 metres high internally and 1.45 metres high externally. A water-filled outer ditch 1.9 metres wide and 0.75 metres deep surrounds the bank, though no clear entrance is visible because field clearance debris dumped at the south perimeter obscures the enclosing bank.

Situated on flat poorly drained land with extensive views. A roughly circular area (diam. 42m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth. 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.45m) and a water-filled outer fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.75m) with no clear entrance feature visible. Field clearance debris is dumped around the perimeter of the site at S which obscures the enclosing bank. 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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