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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowkeale (Kilvellane parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowkeale (Kilvellane parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-facing slope of rising ground that overlooks the Small River to the north. The circular area measures 25 metres north-south and 31 metres east-west, enclosed by an earth and stone bank 2 metres wide, 0.3 metres high inside and 1.5 metres high outside. A wide flat-bottomed external ditch 5 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep is best preserved from west to north, with possible traces of an outer bank from north to east.

Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking the nearby Small River to the N. A circular area (diam. 25m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) reduced to a scarp in places with a wide flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.6m) best preserved from W to N with possible traces of an outer bank best preserved from N to E. A D-shaped area defined by a scarp (H 1m) is attached to the outer fosse of the ringfort from N to E and may be a conjoined enclosure. A field fence intersects the inner bank at S on an E-W axis and at E on a N-S axis. No visible entrance feature. 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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