What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cahervillahowe (Kilfeakle parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cahervillahowe (Kilfeakle parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies generally level pasture as a circular area about 25 metres across, defined by an 8.7-metre-wide bank that stands 1.15 metres high on the outside and 0.6 metres high inside. A 6.15-metre-wide ditch runs beside the bank, reaching 0.2 metres deep in its best-defined section from southeast to west-southwest, while a possible 3.4-metre-wide entrance appears at the southwest where the ditch is slightly backfilled.

In generally level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by bank (overall Wth 8.7m; Wth at top 0.9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.15m) which is reduced to scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) WNW-NNW. Possible entrance (Wth 3.4m) at SW where fosse is backfilled slightly. Fosse (overall Wth 6.15m; basal Wth 1.9m; D 0.2m) is best defined SE-WSW and is less shallower (overall Wth 9.75m; Wth at base 3.75m; D 0.15m) WSW-NE. Fosse is truncated by field boundary across E-sector and a second boundary (long-axis WSW-ENE) crosses fosse at WSW. Interior is generally level and contains occasional mature trees. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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