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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 occupies the north-east-facing lower slope of a ridge and drops steeply toward the north-west. The circular site measures 31 metres north-south and 32 metres east-west, containing an inner bank 2 metres wide, a ditch 3.7 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep, and an outer bank 4.3 metres wide.

Situated on the NE-facing lower slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. 31m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.12m), a fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.7m) and an outer bank (Wth 4.3m; ext. H 1.64m). The site slopes quite steeply to the NW. A roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 13m) with a concave centre (diam. 6m) occupies the upper portion of the interior. An entrance gap though the inner and outer banks in the NE quadrant (Wth 3m and 1.8m respectively), may be broken through. There is a causeway (Wth 3.3m) over the fosse in the SW quadrant and the inner and outer banks are denuded in this area. Elsewhere both the inner and outer banks are fairly intact with a U-shaped intervening fosse. 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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