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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Falleeny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Falleeny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Falleeny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the north-east-facing slope of a hill in undulating pastureland. The site measures about 40 metres from north-west to south-east and has been levelled, though a faint outline of the ditch remains visible. A roadway and a field boundary now cut across the earthwork.
Situated on the NE-facing slope of a hill in undulating pastureland. The site (approx. diam. 40m NW-SE) has been levelled but the faint outine of the fosse is visible. A recently built roadway bisects the site on a NW-SE axis. On the current OS 6-inch map a NW-SE field boundary transects the S half of the site. 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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