What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrynamona is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garrynamona, County Tipperary, Ireland. It measures 39.0 metres north-south and 36.5 metres east-west, with a 4.3-metre-wide earthen bank and an external ditch 4.9 metres wide and 0.34 metres deep. The bank is reduced to a scarp at the southeast, where there may have been an entrance feature.

Situated towards the base of a gradual SE-facing slope in pasture. A slightly oval univallate ringfort (diam. 39m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.61m; ext. H 0.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.9m; D 0.34m). The bank is reduced to a scarp at SE where there may have been an entrance feature. 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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