What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garraun (Ballysheehan parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garraun (Ballysheehan parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies a slightly raised circular area about 34 metres across from north to south on flat upland grassland grazed by horses. An earth and stone bank encloses the area, reaching 0.9 metres in external height and 2.5 metres in base width.

On flat grassland in upland region with good views in all directions, interior under grass and is grazed by horses. There are two ringforts (TS053-101---- and TS053-081----) 140m and 280m to the S respectively. Poorly preserved ringfort consisting of a slightly raised circular area (approx. diam. 34m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.2m; base Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m) visible as a field boundary from N through W to SW only elswhere defined by a scarp (H 0.5m). No entrance feature visible. Modern farm laneway skirts around N and W quadrants of ringfort. Depicted as a circular enclosure on first ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 15 March 2013

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