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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeen (Kilnaneave parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeen (Kilnaneave parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupied the south side of a low hillock in a river valley, with a 45-metre-wide platform surrounded by a 4.5-metre-wide ditch and a 1.8-metre-high outer bank. The earthworks are no longer visible because the site was levelled and the field reclaimed, though the hillock base remains very wet.

Situated on the S side of a low hillock in a river valley with the river flowing a couple of hundred metres to the W and another stream at the base of the hillock to the E. The site was inspected in 1957 and was described as a 'large earthen platform ring-fort: platform surrounded by fosse & outer bank. Diameter of platform 150ft [45m]. Height of platform above fosse bottom 12ft [H 3.6m]. Width of fosse 15ft [4.5m]. Width of outer bank 6ft. Height of outer bank 6ft [1.8m] above fosse bottom, 4ft [1.2m] above external ground level. All densely overgrown with scrub (thorn, briars, fern) so that examination is difficult' (OPW files, 19.7.1957). The site has been levelled and the field has been reclaimed, though the base of the hillock remains very wet. Not visible at ground level. 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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