What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockadigeen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadigeen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies a roughly circular area measuring 26.5 metres north-south and 23.5 metres east-west on the west-facing lower slope of Knockadiggeen Hill. An inner bank 3.9 metres wide and 1.28 metres high internally encloses the space, while a 4.2-metre-wide, 2.14-metre-deep ditch separates it from an outer bank 2.5 metres wide and 1.11 metres high externally. The outer bank is well preserved in the west sector but is not visible in the southeast quadrant.

Situated on the W-facing lower slope of Knockadiggeen Hill, in pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. 26.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 1.28m; ext. H 0.84m), a fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 2.14m) and an outer bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 1.11m). No obvious entrance feature is visible though there is a cattle break in the W sector with the slight suggestion of a causeway across the fosse. The internal bank is intact and is higher upslope to the E. The intervening fosse is wide and U-shaped with the external bank in good condition downslope to the W but less well preserved elsewhere and destroyed in the SE quadrant. The external bank is well preserved in the W sector but is less pronounced elsewhere and not visible in the SE quadrant. The interior slopes to the W and has been damaged by animal burrows. The inner bank and the fosse at S are covered in scrub. 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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