What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumlummin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumlummin, County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits just off a hilltop on ground sloping southwest, measuring about 28 metres north-south and 25 metres east-west. Scrub and brambles cover much of the site, leaving only the southwest quadrant accessible. Where visible, a 1.2-metre-high scarp and an outer ditch 1.8 metres wide and 0.25 metres deep mark the boundary.
Just off the summit of a hill, on ground sloping to the SW, in undulating pastureland. A ringfort (diam. c. 28m N-S; c. 25m E-W) heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles. The interior and edge of the monument are not accessible, except the SW quadrant. Where visible the ringfort is delimited by scarp (H 1.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.25m). A NE-SW field boundary runs along the NW quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 November 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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