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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Loughane Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on S-facing slope in pasture. A roughly circular site (diam. 45m N-S; 42m E-W) delimited by the remains of a fosse. A NNW-SSE field boundary, earthen with stone-facing, indicated on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map, curves to accommodate the E sector of the site. 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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