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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeennagallive

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeennagallive is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeennagallive, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular slightly raised area measures 24 metres across and is enclosed by a gently sloping earthen scarp 1.45 metres wide. A broad flat-bottomed external ditch is 2 metres wide at its base, 3.25 metres wide overall and 0.45 metres deep, but is absent from southwest through west to northwest, where a north-south field drain abuts the scarp's outer base. The original entrance is not recognisable, and a removed east-west field boundary once bisected the interior.
On a very slight SE-facing slope in pasture with ringforts (TS057-008001- and TS057-009----) visible on slightly lower ground c. 550m to the SW. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 24m) enclosed by a gently sloping earthen scarp (Wth 1.45m; H 65m) with an external broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 2m; overall Wth 3.25m; D 0.45m). Fosse absent from SW-NW where a N-S orientated field drain abuts the external base of the scarp at W. Original entrance is not recognisable. Interior bisected by the line of a removed E-W orientated field boundary and is clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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