What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Derrygrath Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derrygrath Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits on a south-facing hill slope just off the crest and is the most southerly of three nearby ringforts. An earthen and stone bank encloses a roughly circular area about 32 metres east-west and 33 metres north-south. The bank is wider and taller in the west sector, while gaps marked by cattle traffic occur in the west, north-east and east.

On a S-facing slope of hill, just off the crest, in rolling pasture. This is the most southerly of three ringforts in close proximity, the adjacent site (TS082-018002-) is located c. 44m to N and TS-82-018001- lies c. 85m to the NNW. A roughly circular area (diam. 32m E-W, N-S c. 33m from 6-inch map, not obtainable on ground due to dense scrub), enclosed by an earthen and stone bank (Wth 1.1m crest, 2.1m base; int. H 0.33m; ext. H 0.8m). The bank is covered with white thorn and there is a lot of scrub and nettles in the interior. The bank is particularly pronounced in the W sector (Wth 2.4m crest, 7m base; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m). There are gaps in the bank in the W (Wth 1.3m), NE (Wth 1m) and E (1.7m) quadrants, all appear to be caused by cattle. There is a possible entrance in the NNW (Wth 1.2m) sector which faces the adjacent ringfort (TS082-018002-). There is no external fosse visible in SE-N-W sectors, however there is a wide, deep fosse (Wth 2.7m; D 0.7m) running from W-S-SE with a slight suggestion of a counterscarp bank, very broad and flat, difficult to gauge due to scrub. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 January 2014

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