What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dundrum is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area has a diameter of 26 metres and contains a low earthen bank that is 6.15 metres wide overall. The bank reaches 0.6 metres in external height and 0.35 metres in internal height, with a top width of 2 metres. A trackway cuts through the centre from northeast to southwest, truncating the bank at the northeast and southwest ends.
In level meadow to NW and lush pasture to SE and truncated by trackway (long-axis NE-SW) through centre. Circular area (diam. 26m) defined by remains of low earthen bank (overall Wth 6.15m; Wth at top 2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m) WSW-NE and scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) NE-SW. Bank levelled SW-WSW and also at NE and SW where truncated by trackway (Wth 5m). Interior tilts downslope to SW. Enclosure (TS060-001----) is c. 3m to NW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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