What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeen (Kilnaneave parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeen (Kilnaneave parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise in a river valley where a stream flows to the northeast. A roughly circular earthen bank, 3 metres wide and 1.8 metres high externally, surrounds a rush-filled interior. A wide, waterlogged ditch, 4.9 metres wide and 1.12 metres deep, runs outside the bank, which is cut into the southern slope.

Situated on a slight rise in a river valley with a stream flowing to the NE. A roughly circular site (diam. 35.5m N-S; 37.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.67m; ext. H 1.8m) and a wide, waterlogged fosse (Wth 4.9m; D 1.12m). The bank is cut into the rise in slope on the S side. The interior is rush filled, with scrub around the bank. Drainage gullies and a stream flow immediately SE of the site and the surrounding field is quite wet. 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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