What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killea (Bruis parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killea (Bruis parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 22 metres north-south and 26 metres east-west at the base of a north-facing slope. A 4.55-metre-wide bank runs north-northeast to southwest, while a straightened scarp stands to the west-northwest and north-northwest. Drainage damage removed the monument between southwest and west-northwest, and a 3.7-metre-wide ditch with scant outer bank survives north-northeast to east-northeast.

In rough pasture, in generally level area of stream valley, at base of N-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 22m N-S; c. 26m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 4.55m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m) NNE-SW and a straightened scarp (Wth 1.15m; H 0.7m) to WNW and NNW. Monument does not survive SW-WNW due to damage by drainage activities. Fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.2m) NNE-SW and scant remains of an outer bank (Wth 3.35m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m) survive NNE-ENE. Entrance (Wth 3.25m) in inner bank and (Wth 4m) in outer bank at NE. Depression within centre of interior is waterlogged. Raised area in NE-quadrant is obscured by dense grasses. Identified as an enclosure by the Air Corps (V.311/2949-8) and GSI (R517/516; 16-4-1974). Drain (long-axis c. N-S; L 18m; Wth 3.2m; D 0.4m) truncates W-sector and may account for the straightened scarp to WNW. Enclosure (TS066-141001-) is c. 12m to WNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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