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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghglass (Glenkeen parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curraghglass (Glenkeen parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The partially levelled site holds a circular area about 48 metres across, enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a 5-metre-wide, 0.5-metre-deep ditch between them. The outer bank is the best preserved, surviving as a field fence from southwest through west to north, while the inner bank and ditch are visible at the south only.

Situated just below the brow of a hill on a S-facing slope in an upland area. A partially levelled bivallate ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 48m approx.) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.5m). The inner bank (Wth 3-6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5-2.5m) and fosse are visible at S only, elsewhere destroyed. The outer bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 1.3m) is the best preserved and survives as a field fence from SW through W to N, elsewhere destroyed. 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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