What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloncannon is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloncannon, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slight north-facing slope near a motte to the north. The site preserves a thirty-eight-metre circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank, an outer ditch and a possible external bank that remains strongest from east to south. Modern drainage widened the ditch, while gaps at north-northwest and west interrupt the main bank.

Situated on a slight N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby motte (TN022-036) to the N. A raised circular area (diam. 38m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.75m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 1m) with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-5m; D 0.5m) which has been widened by a modern drainage scheme and a possible external bank (Wth 1.75m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.7m) best preserved form E to S, elsewhere destroyed. Modern gaps in bank occur at NNW and W with a possible original entrance gap (Wth 3m) 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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