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 west-northwest-facing slope above a stream, with another ringfort nearby to the north. The irregular enclosure measures 41 metres east to west and keeps a one-metre-high earthen scarp, though no entrance is visible.

Situated on a WNW-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region overlooking a stream with a nearby ringfort (TN028-041) to the N. The poorly preserved remains of an irregular-shaped area (diam. 41m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1m). No entrance feature visible. 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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