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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolderry (Modreeny parish), Corrowle is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolderry (Modreeny parish), Corrowle, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a south-west-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area 36 metres wide from east to west is enclosed by an earth and stone bank, now mainly a 1.3-metre-high scarp, and an external ditch 2 metres wide and 1 metre deep. A possible 4-metre-wide entrance gap faces north-east, while quarrying at the south destroyed part of the bank, ditch and interior.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 36m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 1m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at NE. The site has been quarried at S destroying both bank and fosse and portion of the interior. 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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