What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killea (Killea parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killea (Killea parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the southeast-facing slope of a low northeast-southwest ridge in an upland area. A slightly raised circular area, 35 metres across from northeast to southwest, is enclosed by an earth and stone bank mainly reduced to a 0.5-metre-high scarp. No outer ditch or entrance feature is visible, though a field fence crosses the southern interior on a northeast-southwest axis.

Situated on the SE-facing slope of a low NE-SW ridge in an upland area with nearby enclosure site (TN029-004) to the NW. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 35m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature visible. A field fence traverses the S sector of the interior on a NE-SW axis (Stout 1984, 61-2). 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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