What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Brodeen (Redcity parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Brodeen (Redcity parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a generally level pasture area measuring 35 metres north-south and 36 metres east-west, bounded by an earthen bank 6.2 metres wide with an internal height of 1.3 metres and an external height of 1.85 metres. The bank is covered in whitethorn, and its exterior base is eroded by water within a surrounding fosse 5.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep. A hedge row field boundary crosses the fosse at north-northwest and north, incorporating the bank into the same alignment, while a drain with a long axis running northwest to southeast flows from the fosse at south-southeast.

In generally level pasture. Circular area (dims. 35m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 6.2m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.85m) covered in whitethorn. Base of bank exterior eroded by water in surrounding fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.5m). Hedge row field boundary crosses fosse at NNW and at N and bank is incorporated into same NNW-N. Drain (long-axis NW-SE) flows from fosse at SSE. Interior slopes down gently to E and is under pasture. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at ENE has been widened to accommodate vehicular access. According to Cahill (1982) a Man-made underground passage was reported at this ringfort but was unlocated. Ringfort visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP AVS 53, 20.7.1968). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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