What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carriganroe is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carriganroe, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gradual east-facing slope in gently undulating pastureland. A circular area about 40 metres across is enclosed by an earthen bank 1.6 metres wide, 0.2 metres high internally and 1 metre high externally, with an outer ditch 2.6 metres wide and 0.46 metres deep. Later field works have altered parts of the circuit, including a filled ditch used as a laneway on the west, a concrete causeway across a recut drain on the north, and a largely denuded bank forming a scarp on the south.

On a gradual E-facing slope in gently undulating pastureland. Circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by earthen bank with some stone visible (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (W 2.6m; D 0.46m). A field bank runs parallel to the W quadrant, the intervening fosse has been filled in and used as a laneway, also an 11m length of bank has been levelled. A later field ditch running parallel to bank in E quadrant creates the impression of an flattened outer bank. In the N quadrant the fosse has been recut to form a later field drain and a concrete causeway has been built across this drain giving access to the ringfort. On the S side the bank has been largely denuded to form a scarp. The interior is very overgrown with a lot of scrub. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 November 2013

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