What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlehill, Rusheen Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlehill, Rusheen Beg, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing slope in a mountainous river valley. A 34-metre north-south circular area is enclosed by a 2-metre-wide earth and stone bank that rises 1.7 metres externally. A shallow external ditch is partly visible, while the bank itself forms a townland boundary from north to east.

Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in a river valley in a mountainous region. A raised circular area (diam. 34m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) with traces of a shallow external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.2m). The bank is reused as a townland boundary from N to E and is reduced to a scarp in places. No clear entrance feature visible. 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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