What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creeragh (Ballingarry parish, North Riding) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creeragh (Ballingarry parish, North Riding), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies undulating pastureland on an east-facing slope, forming a roughly circular area 46.1 metres north-south and 44.2 metres east-west. A denuded bank 5 metres wide and 0.4 metres high encloses the site, while an outer ditch 1.2 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep runs beside it. The ditch is mostly rubble-filled or overgrown and destroyed at the east, with no entrance feature visible.

Situated in undulating pastureland on an E-facing slope. A roughly circular area (diam. 46.1m N-S; 44.2m E-W) sloping to the E enclosed by a denuded bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m) and outer fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.5m) which is mostly rubble filled or overgrown and destroyed at E. 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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