What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Downamona is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Downamona, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat upland pasture beside another ringfort to the northeast. A thirty-three-metre circular area is enclosed by a two-metre earth and stone bank, now mainly a one-and-a-half-metre scarp with slight traces of a shallow external ditch. A possible three-and-a-half-metre entrance gap faces southeast.

Situated on flat pasture in an upland area with a ringfort (TN020-089) to the NE. A raised circular area (diam. 33m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) with slight traces of a shallow external fosse. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at SE. 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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