What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockphelagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockphelagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat, poorly drained marshy terrain with good views in all directions. A raised circular area, measuring 18 metres north-south and 21 metres east-west, is enclosed by an earthen bank and an external ditch. The bank stands 1 metre high externally and 0.3 to 0.6 metres high internally, with a top width of 2 metres and a base width of 5 metres.

On flat poorly drained marshy terrain with good views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 18m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 5m; ext. H 1m; int. H 0.3m-0.6m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.35m), which was waterlogged at the time of inspection, with an entrance gap (Wth 2.75m) at the E. The enclosing bank is intersected by a field boundary at the W on a N-S axis. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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