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 south-east-facing slope of rising ground, with another ringfort located to the south-west. The circular area measures 35 metres from north to south and is enclosed by a 3-metre-wide earth and stone bank, standing 0.5 metres high inside and 1.5 metres high outside. An outer ditch, 2 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep, surrounds the bank, but no entrance feature is visible.

Situated on an SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-080) to the SW. A well-preserved site consisting of a circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone tree-lined bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) with no entrance feature visible. Beech trees planted along the top of the bank and the depiction of the site on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map suggest that the site was used as a tree-ring. 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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