What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooleen (Glenkeen parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooleen (Glenkeen parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slightly raised circular area measuring 23 metres from north to south on an east-northeast-facing slope just below the brow of a hill. An earth and stone bank encloses the area, standing 0.45 metres high internally and 0.7 metres high externally, though it is mainly reduced to a scarp beside a waterlogged outer ditch 2.5 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep. No entrance feature is visible.

Situated just below the brow of a hill on an ENE-facing slope in an upland area. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 23m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.65m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.7m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp and a waterlogged outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.4m). No entrance feature visible. 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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