What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clogharaily Beg, Graiguefrahane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clogharaily Beg, Graiguefrahane, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in undulating pasture, enclosing a circular area 23 metres wide from east to west. A poorly preserved earth and stone bank, 1.5 metres wide, stands 0.2 metres high inside and 0.5 metres high outside. An outer ditch, 1.6 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep, surrounds the bank, but no entrance feature is visible.
Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating pasture. A circular area (diam. 23m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 0.2m) with no entrance feature visible. A laneway intersects the fosse at SE as indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map.
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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