What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fortmoy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fortmoy, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low natural hillock with extensive views and presents a raised circular platform measuring 34 metres north to south. Two earth and stone banks enclose the platform with a ditch between them, while a possible entrance gap faces northwest. Farmyard buildings stand immediately northwest of the site, where a laneway has damaged the outer bank.

Situated on top of a low natural hillock with extensive views. The site conists of a raised circular platform (diam. 34m N-S; H 1m) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1.5-2.5m: D 1m) and a possible entrance gap at NW. The inner bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 0.8m; ext. H 0.5m) is destroyed at NW by a laneway to farmyard buildings which are located immediately to the NW 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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