What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlewaller is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlewaller, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the southwest slope of an east-west ridge above a western stream. A thirty-one-metre circular area holds a two-metre-wide bank that reaches one and a half metres outside and thirty-five centimetres inside. A four-metre gap at the east-southeast may mark the entrance, while no ditch remains visible.
Situated on the SW slope of an E-W ridge overlooking a stream to the W. A raised circular area (diam. 31m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.5m) reduced to a scarp in most places with a possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at ESE. No visible trace of a fosse.
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
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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