What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockroe (Moycarky parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockroe (Moycarky parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle northeast-facing slope in a corn field. A roughly circular area, 33 metres across from northwest to southeast, is enclosed by a 1.4-metre-wide bank with an internal height of 0.45 metres and an external height of 1.2 metres. A ditch about 2.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep surrounds the bank, though both are much obscured by dumped material.
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in a corn field. A roughly circular area (diam. 33m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.2m) and fosse (W c. 2.5m; D 0.3m) much obscured by dumped material. No entrance feature visible.
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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- What survives
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