What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gorteenavalla is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gorteenavalla, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular enclosure measured about 33 metres across and occupied the north end of a gentle ridge above a flat valley. Levelling removed most of the earthworks, but a kink in the southern earth and stone field bank still marks the lost boundary.

Situated on the N end of a gentle ridge in an otherwise flat valley, under pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map with field boundaries incorporated in the S and W sectors. The enclosure is not marked on the current (1904) ed. although the southern portion is indicated by a kink in the field boundary. The site has been levelled (approx. diam. 33m) but the kink in the earth and stone field bank remains. 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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