What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killoskehan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killoskehan, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a northeast-facing slope in a mountainous area, overlooking two other ringforts to the northeast. The site contains a circular space twenty-four metres across from north to south, enclosed by an earth and stone bank one and a half metres wide and seventy centimetres high. No outer ditch or entrance feature is visible at the site.

Situated on a NE-facing slope in a mountainous area overlooking two ringforts (TN028-039, TN028-043) to the NE. A circular area (diam. 24m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.7m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. 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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