What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortacurra is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortacurra, County Tipperary, Ireland. The surviving western half of the circular enclosure measures 24 metres from north to south and is bounded by an earth and stone bank 2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. An outer ditch is visible only at the south, while a field drain has cut through the north-east interior and destroyed enclosing features there.

Situated on flat poorly drained pasture in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN029-017) to the SW. A poorly preserved site consisting of the W half of a circular enclosure (diam. 24m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) with an outer fosse visible at S only. A field drain intersects the NE sector of the interior destroying the enclosing features of the site (Stout 1984, 57-8). 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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