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 southeast-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular space twenty-seven metres wide from north to south is enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank three metres wide and ninety centimetres high. An outer ditch two metres wide and forty centimetres deep surrounds the bank, leaving a four-metre entrance gap at the east.

Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 27m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.9m) with an outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m) and an entrance gap (Wth 4m) at E. A field fence intersects the fosse and inner bank at NW on a NE-SW axis. 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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