What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clonakenny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clonakenny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a small hillock that slopes northeast inside a low valley between ridges. Two stony earthen banks surround a narrow ditch, forming a circular enclosure slightly wider east to west than north to south. A stone-lined causeway leads through the northeast entrance, while the outer bank reveals a stone foundation course in the southeast sector.

Situated in a low-lying flat valley between ridges, on a small hillock which slopes to the NE. A circular enclosure (diam. 26m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by two stony earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (Wth 1.2m; 0.62m int. H; 1.84m ext. H); U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.57m); outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.36). In the SE sector the outer bank is very denuded revealing a stone foundation course. There is an entrance (Wth 2.75m) with stone-lined causeway in the NE quadrant with a long flat horizontal stone delimiting the edge of the causeway on the N side. Material has been dumped in the fosse, particularly in the NE quadrant. 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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