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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrane (ballingarry Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated just below the summit of a hill on a SW-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 33.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) and slight external fosse (Wth 3m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at E. Modern gaps occur in the bank at S and NE. A collapsed limekiln is built into the SW face of the earth and stone bank. The interior of the site slopes from N 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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