What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghanuddy, Kilnaneave is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curraghanuddy, Kilnaneave, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a river valley where a stream runs east-west along the southwest quadrant, passing the base of a steep scarp. The site preserves a raised circular platform measuring 30.5 metres north-south and 30 metres east-west, enclosed by a 2-metre-wide bank that rises 0.43 metres internally. The bank has mostly reduced to a scarp beside a U-shaped wet fosse 0.4 metres deep, while a possible outer bank and fosse at the east or southeast may merely reflect a field drain rather than a true fort feature.

Situated in a river valley with a stream running E-W along the SW quadrant. A raised circular platform (diam. 30.5m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.43m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp and a U-shaped, wet fosse (D 0.4m). The stream runs along the base of a steep scarp at SW. A suggestion of an outer bank and fosse at E/SE may be more apparent than real as the fosse seems to be a field drain which does not continue contiguous with the ringfort. 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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