What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Deerpark (Carrick parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Deerpark (Carrick parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands on a ridge sloping gently south to the Suir river valley, enclosed by an earthen bank at least 1.2 metres high that slopes gently inward. The site is densely overgrown with scrub, fenced off with electric fencing and cut through by two field boundaries: one running north-south through the west quadrant and the other running east-west across the monument. The remains west of the north-south boundary are not visible above ground level.

On a ridge sloping gently to S to Suir river valley, surrounded by pasture. The ringfort is very densely overgrown with scrub and has been fenced off with electric fencing. It is transected by two field boundaries, one running N-S through W quadrant and the other running E-W bisecting the monument. The remains of the ringfort W of the N-S field boundary are not visible above ground level. The ringfort (diam. c. 27m-30m) is enclosed by an earthen bank (H above ext. at least 1.2m) which slopes gently to interior. There is no visible external fosse but the base of the bank is heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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