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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the flat crest of a low ridge in gently undulating pastureland. A roughly circular area, 42.5 metres across from northwest to southeast, is enclosed by a low earthen and stone bank. The bank measures 1.2 metres wide at the crest, 2.25 metres wide at the base, 0.35 metres high inside and 0.68 metres high outside.
On the flat crest of a low ridge in gently undulating pastureland. Roughly circular area (diam. 42.5m NW-SE; no other diam. possible) enclosed by a low earthen and stone bank (Wth 1.2m crest, 2.25m base; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.68m). Just over half the ringfort in the SW sector is densely overgrown with scrub, the remainder of the monument is under grass with a large oak tree on the bank in the N quadrant. Part of the bank and the interior has been degraded by cattle. The interior slopes to the SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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