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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crumlin Little

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crumlin Little is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crumlin Little, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a west-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular space forty metres from north to south remains enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank, now mainly a half-metre scarp. No ditch or entrance feature is visible anywhere in the surviving structure.
Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 40m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m). No trace of a fosse or entrance feature. 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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