What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooneen Middle, Clooneen Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooneen Middle, Clooneen Upper, County Tipperary, Ireland. The site sits on a northwest-facing slope near the base of a hill under tillage. A 1957 inspection found a large ringfort with a slight bank, external ditch and heavy scrub growth. The ground is now levelled, but a circular cropmark still shows the bank outline across 42.3 metres east to west.

Situated on a NW-facing slope towards the base of a hill, under tillage. The site was inspected in 1957 and described as being 'apparently a large ringfort, with very slight bank and external fosse, and very heavily overgrown with scrub' (OPW Correspondance, 1.8.1957). The site is now levelled although the outline of the bank is discernible as a circular cropmark (diam. 42.3m E-W). The N portion of the site is truncated by a gravel roadway. An E-W field boundary delineates the N extent of the site. The interior slopes to the NW. 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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