What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockanacartan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockanacartan, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a southwest-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. An oval area measuring 45 metres north-south and 39 metres east-west is enclosed by a 4-metre-wide earth and stone bank, 0.7 metres high internally and 1.7 metres high externally, with an external wide flat-bottomed ditch 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre deep. A possible entrance gap 2.5 metres wide opens at the southwest.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. An oval area (diam. 45m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.7m) and an external, wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 1m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SW. 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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