What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Friarsfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Friarsfield, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 34 metres long from northeast to southwest and about 30 metres from northwest to southeast on a south-southeast-facing slope. A low inner bank, a ditch and an outer bank define the perimeter, although vegetation almost obscures the enclosing elements from northeast to northwest. The interior remains ungrazed, slopes with the natural ground and has tussocks of grass with briars encroaching from the edge.

In improved pasture, on a SSE-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 34m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by low bank (Wth 5.95m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.9m), fosse (Wth 5.9-7.8m; D 0.57-0.95) and outer bank (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.57m; ext. H 0.25m). The inner bank survives from N-E, at SSW and WNW-NW and is reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.2m; H 1.2m) in the E-SSW, WSW-WNW and NW-N. The enclosing elements are almost obscured by vegetation from NNE-NW. The fosse is visible from SW-SE and is traceable from SE-SW. The outer bank is best defined from ENE-SE and is levelled but traceable at the NE-ENE and W-WNW. There is a gap (Wth 1.75m and Wth 2.5m) at the NNW and SSW respectively. The interior is ungrazed and has tussocks of grass with briars encroaching from the perimeter, it generally slopes with the natural incline. The monument is within a field named 'Rathnasmoorlane Field' on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. An earthwork (TS059-106002-) adjoins to the NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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