What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carron (Tipperary parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carron (Tipperary parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 36 metres from northwest to southeast and 32 metres from northeast to southwest. The site has causewayed entrances at the south and northeast, a rectangular depression in the centre, and another ringfort about 150 metres to the southwest.

In low-lying pasture. An oval area (dims. 36m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.9m) WNW-N-SSW, fosse (Wth 7.85m; D 0.5m), bank (Wth 4.45m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m), outer fosse (Wth 6.6m; D 0.55m) and outer bank (Wth 6.35m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.55m). The scarp could not be seen SSW-WNW due to dense overgrowth. The middle bank is visible NW-SSW but elsewhere is obscured by dense overgrowth. The outer bank is obscured by earthen material dumped around exterior NW-NE and is breached at E where a drain (long-axis E-W) extends through it from the outer fosse to the exterior. There is a causewayed entrance at the S (Wth 5m) and NE (Wth 2.5m). The interior is grass covered and slightly uneven. There is a rectangular depression (dims. 2.2m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE; D 0.25m) within the centre. There is a field boundary (long axis NW-SE) to the SW and another (long axis NE-SW) to the SE. A ringfort (TS059-094----) is located c. 150m to the SW. This is a National Monument (no. 550). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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