What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gorteeny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gorteeny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits below a hill brow on a southeast-facing slope, with another ringfort nearby to the north. A circular area 30 metres north to south is enclosed by an earth and stone bank, an outer ditch 3 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep, and a seven-metre causewayed entrance at the south. The outer bank survives only from east to south and has been destroyed elsewhere.

Situated just below the brow of a hill on a SE-facing slope with a nearby ringfort (TN034-063) to the N. A circular area (diam. 30m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) with a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 7m) at S. The outer bank (Wth 1.2-2m; ext. H 0.5m) is only visible from E to S and is destroyed elsewhere. 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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