What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilconnell is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilconnell, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular pasture area 28 metres east-west and 27 metres north-south, bounded by a low bank 9 metres wide at its base. The eastern bank narrows to a 5.5-metre-wide scarp that may mark an entrance, while a shallow ditch remains visible to the south-southwest.
In improved, gently undulating pasture, on a slight N-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 28m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by low bank (overall Wth 9m; Wth at top 2-2.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.15m) reduced to scarp (Wth 5.5m; H 0.3m; L 6m) at E which may represent an entrance. Remains of fosse (overall Wth 5.55m; basal Wth 1.75m; D 0.1m) S-SW. Interior has a gentle E-facing slope. Field boundary (long-axis N-S) is 10m to W. Ringfort (TS061-104----) is c. 90m to E.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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