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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gragaugh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gragaugh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gragaugh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies grassland on a southwest-facing slope of a low rise in an upland region with good views in all directions. The levelled ringfort forms a circular area thirty-four metres north to south and forty-nine metres east to west, defined by a one-metre-high scarp intersected at the north on an east-west axis. A levelled moated site lies one hundred and seventy metres to the southeast.
In grassland on a SW-facing slope of low rise of ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Levelled moated site (TS055-053----) 170m to SE. Monument consists of a levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam 34m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1m) which is intersected at N on an E-W axis, it was identified on an aerial photograph (GSI S.602/3, 16-4-1974 taken in 1974. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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