What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlewaller is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlewaller, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-west-facing slope on an east-west ridge near a burial mound to the north-north-east. A 1.5 metres wide bank encloses a 22 metres diameter circular area from east through south to west, leaving a 2 metres wide entrance gap at the south-east where the bank is reduced to a scarp.

Situated on the NW-facing slope of an E-W ridge in an upland area with a nearby burial mound (TN031-074) to the NNE. A raised circular area (diam. NW-SE 22m approx.) enclosed by a bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) from E through S to W, elsewhere reduced to a scarp with destroyed entrance gap (Wth 2m) at SE. 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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