What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Longorchard is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Longorchard, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle rise in undulating countryside beside another ringfort to the west. A well-preserved flat-topped earth and stone bank encloses a circular area 32 metres wide from east to west. The bank measures 2 metres across, rises 0.5 metres internally and 1.5 metres externally, and leaves a 2.8-metre entrance gap at the southeast.

Situated on a gentle rise of ground in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN030-040) to the W. A raised circular area (diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved, flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) with an entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) at SE (Stout 1984, 74-5). 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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