What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloncannon is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloncannon, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an irregular area 35.5 metres across on a west-facing slope. Two earth and stone banks enclose the site with a 1-metre-wide, 0.5-metre-deep ditch between them, while a 3-metre-wide causewayed entrance opens at the south.
Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. An irregular-shaped area (diam. 35.5m) which has been quarried in places and is enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.5m) with a causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at S. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.6m) is best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) is destroyed at SW.
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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