What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glenbreedy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glenbreedy, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a southwest-facing slope beside another ringfort to the northwest and a moated site 25 metres to the southwest. The D-shaped enclosure measures 30 metres north to south and 24 metres east to west, with a straight western side. An earth and stone bank encloses the raised area, and a waterlogged external ditch lies outside it. A possible two-metre causewayed entrance faces southeast, where stone revetment remains on the bank's inner face.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in a valley in a mountainous region with a nearby moated site (TN028-064001) 25m to the SW and a ringfort (TN028-063) to the NW. A raised D-shaped area (diam. 30m N-S; 24m E-W) with straight side at W (L 24m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) and waterlogged external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) with possible causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. Evidence of stone revetment occurs along the inner face of the bank at SE. 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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