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-west-facing slope in an upland area and contains a sunken circular space twenty-four metres wide from east to west. Two earth and stone banks surround the space with a ditch between them, while a possible entrance gap two metres wide opens at the west. The inner bank remains the best preserved, but a modern road crossing from east to south has destroyed part of the outer bank.

Situated on a NW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A sunken circular area (diam. 24m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.5-4m; D 1.5m) and a possible entrance gap (Wth 2m) at W. A hollow depression in the NW sector of interior is the result of quarrying. The inner bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 1.3m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1-1.5m) is destroyed by a modern road which intersects the bank from E to S. 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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