What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garranlea is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garranlea, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a raised sub-oval area in pasture on a southwest-facing slope, measuring about 23 metres north-south and 28 metres east-west. An earthen scarp and bank form the inner boundary, while a very well-defined ditch runs between them and an external bank surrounds the whole site. A causewayed entrance at the east leads into the interior, which slopes gently downward toward the southwest.

In pasture, on a SW-facing slope. Raised sub-oval area (dims. c. 23m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth 6.5m; H 2.6m) NW-N-E-SE and bank (Wth 10m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.9m) SE-S-W-NW. Intervening fosse (Wth 10.4m; D 0.85m) is very well defined all round. External bank (Wth 6.6m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.6m) is modified at WSW, where an oval depression cuts into it and bank is levelled off. Causewayed entrance (Wth c. 5m) at E. Outer bank and inner scarp covered in thorn trees. Interior tends gently downwards to SW; some briars around edge at NW and NE. Ringfort (TS068-080----) c. 270m to NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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