What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Longorchard is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Longorchard, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory records a 32-metre east-west circular area on a gentle rise beside another ringfort to the east. An earth-and-stone bank 2.5 metres wide, 0.5 metres high internally and 1.1 metres high externally encloses it. The same account records a possible outer ditch visible only at south and no visible entrance feature.
Situated on a gentle rise of ground in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN030-041) to the E. Present remains consist of a circular area (diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) with a possible outer fosse visible at S only. No entrance feature visible (Stout 1984, 74).
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
- Recorded monument
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