What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glenacunna (Garrangibbon parish), Heathview is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glenacunna (Garrangibbon parish), Heathview, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an east-facing slope in undulating terrain, with a sub-square interior measuring 42.6 metres north-south and east-west. An earthen and shale bank encloses the site, rising 0.94 metres above the interior and 2.1 metres above the northern ditch, which is 1.18 metres deep and has a sharp V-shaped profile filled with large boulders. The entrance in the east quadrant is 2.2 metres wide, bounded by the monument bank to the north and the townland boundary to the south, where a large conglomerate boulder marks the junction.

On an E-facing slope in undulating terrain, under pasture. Field to W is under tillage. Possible ringfort (TS078-014----) is visible to N. Sub-square enclosure (Wth 42.6m N-S and E-W) as depicted on both 1st (1840) and 2nd (1901-05) ed. OS 6-inch maps and aerial photograph (Air Corps V.312/3079-8). Interior slopes gently to E. Enclosed by an earthen and shale bank (Wth 2.9m crest, 6.7m base; H above int. 0.94m; H above fosse 2.1m), fosse (Wth c. 2.4m; D 1.18m) dimensions taken on N side. Fosse in W (Wth 1.3m; D 0.74m) and S is shallow and less defined than that on N side, also badly overgrown. Bank falls steeply to exterior. Entrance (Wth 2.2m) in E quadrant is defined by bank of monument to N and by junction of townland boundary to S. Townland boundary runs E-W up to the E quadrant, continues around the S half of the ringfort and runs off from the W quadrant. It is stone revetted with a large conglomerate boulder where it meets the E quadrant at the entrance. Gorse on N and S bank, partially encroaching into interior, gorse and brambles on W edge and brambles on E edge. Stone revettment on inner face of bank on all but N side is a late feature associated with maintenance of townland boundary. Fosse on N side has a sharp V-shaped profile and is filled with large boulders and partially overgrown with brambles. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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