What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grenanstown (Ballymackey parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grenanstown (Ballymackey parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a shallow hollow where the ground slopes northeast. Southeast of a northeast-southwest field fence, a 34-metre-wide raised area survives with a 4.3-metre-wide, 0.37-metre-deep ditch and a 5.1-metre-wide, 0.2-metre-high outer bank. No trace is visible northwest of that fence.

Situated in a localised hollow on ground sloping to the NE in undulating terrain. Depicted on the OS 6-inch map as a circular platform. A field fence extends NE-SW through the site and there is no visible trace of the site to the NW of this boundary. To the SE there are remains of a raised area (diam. 34m NE-SW; H 0.5m) defined by a fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 0.37) and outer bank (Wth 5.1m; D 0.2m). 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.