What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fiddane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fiddane, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-northwest-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A raised circular area, twenty metres across from northeast to southwest, is enclosed by a bank reduced to a one-metre-high scarp in most places, with traces of a shallow fosse visible at the southeast only. A possible one-metre-wide entrance gap opens at the northeast, and a field fence intersects the site at the southwest on a northwest-southeast axis.

Situated on a NNW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 20m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank reduced to a scarp (H 1m) in most places with traces of a shallow fosse visible at SE only. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 1m) at NE. A field fence intersects the site at SW on a NW-SE axis. 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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