What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garryntemple, Loughtally is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garryntemple, Loughtally, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a ridge in undulating pasture, forming a roughly circular enclosure measured about 48 metres north-south and 43 metres east-west. A high earthen and stone bank surrounds the interior, while an external ditch runs outside that bank. Heavy overgrowth, badger disturbance and later dumping now cover much of the structure.

On the summit of a ridge in undulating pasture. Monument is heavily overgrown. It is depicted as a roughly circular enclosure on both the 1st (1840) and 1904-5 ed. OS 6-inch map (diam. c. 48m N-S; c. 43m E-W). It is enclosed by a high earthen and stone bank (Wth 2m crest, 4.5m base; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.77m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.36m). There is a lot of shale in the bank composition. There is a break in the bank in the NNW quadrant but this is much obscured by brambles. In the SSE sector the bank has been badly disturbed by badgers. There is a small quarry at the external base of the bank in the S quadrant. A gap (Wth 1m) in the bank in the SW quadrant has been broken through to give access to a dumping area. There are several cars dumped in the interior and in the fosse. The bank in the NE quadrant is badly overgrown. A very deep, wide channel (Wth 2.5m; D 2.3) has been cut along the W quadrant, running N-S, with bank thrown-up on the W side. The channel is very steep-sided and appears to be the result of 19th-century activity, it is indicated on the 1904-5 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 04 February 2014

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