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-facing slope in a mountainous area and encloses a circular space 29 metres from north to south. Two earth and stone banks are separated by a ditch 2.5 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep, with a 2.4-metre causewayed entrance at the south. The inner bank is 1 metre wide and 0.7 metres high, while the 3-metre-wide outer bank is 0.6 metres high and survives only from north through east to south.

Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous area with nearby ringforts (TN028-035, TN028-036) to the W and SW respectively. A circular area (diam. 29m N-S) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.7m) with causewayed entrance (Wth 2.4m) at S. The inner bank (Wth 1m; H 0.7m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 3m; H 0.6m) is only visible from N through E to S. 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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