What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Falleeny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Falleeny, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure measures about 41 metres east to west and sits on a gentle southwest slope in reclaimed pastureland. Levelling has reduced its visibility, but the ditch remains faintly discernible, with the western portion appearing the clearest. A field boundary cuts through the eastern sector of the site.

Situated in reclaimed pastureland on a gentle SW slope in rolling terrain. Depicted on the current OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure with a field boundary transecting the E sector.The site (approx. diam. 41m E-W) has been levelled but the fosse is faintly discernible, the W portion being clearest. 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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