What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilbeg (Finnoe parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilbeg (Finnoe parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular area 30 metres north-south and 28 metres east-west on a northeast-facing slope, enclosed by an earth and stone bank 1.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres high internally and 1 metre high externally, with a 2-metre-wide external ditch. No entrance is visible. A field fence cuts through the northern part of the site, destroying the bank from northwest through north to northeast.
Situated on a NE-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) with an external fosse (Wth 2m). No entrance feature visible. A field fence intersects the site at N destroying the bank from NW through N to NE.
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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