What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockphelagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockphelagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular earthwork is about 20 metres across and is enclosed by an earthen bank 3.65 metres wide overall and 0.7 metres high externally. Its outer ditch is 2.2 metres wide at the base, 3.8 metres wide overall and 0.15 metres deep. The bank and ditch are best preserved from the northwest to the north.
On a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating wet pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam.c.20m) defined by an earthen bank (overall Wth 3.65m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.7m) with an external fosse (Wth at base 2.2m; overall Wth 3.8m; D 0.15m). The bank and fosse are best preserved NW-N. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is level and overgrown with whitethorn bushes with briars along the fosse.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
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