What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castleleiny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castleleiny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low hillock in undulating pasture and preserves a slightly raised circular platform measuring 28 metres from north to south. The platform is defined by a 1.5-metre-high scarp and an outer ditch 4 metres wide, with a 3.8-metre-wide causewayed entrance gap at the east.
Situated on a low hillock in undulating pasture. A slightly raised circular platform (diam. 28m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) and outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.5-1m) with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3.8m) at E (Stout 1984, 82).
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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