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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fee Beg, Rathmore (Borrisokane parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fee Beg, Rathmore (Borrisokane parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low natural rise beside a small western stream. A 28-metre north-south circular area remains inside a damaged earthen bank. A possible outer bank and a 3.5-metre wide, 1-metre deep ditch appear only at the northeast, while no entrance feature is visible.
Situated on a low natural rise in undulating countryside with a small stream to the W. A poorly preserved circular area (diam. 28m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.7m) which is destroyed from N through E to S and a possible outer bank visible with intervening fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1m) visible at NE only. No entrance feature visible.
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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