What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milltown Britton is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Milltown Britton, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture beside a stream flowing west-northwest to east-southeast about 10 metres southwest of the monument. Ploughing removed much of the structure, but a raised, roughly circular area 30.2 metres north-south and 29.6 metres east-west remains discernible. A scarp defines the edge, reaching 0.25 metres high in the northwest sector, where a slight external ditch 2.5 metres wide and 0.12 metres deep is also visible.

On flat, level ground with a stream flowing WNW-ESE c. 10m SW of ringfort, in pasture. The stream has been channalised into the field ditch. The ringfort has been ploughed out but is still discernible as a raised, roughly circular area (diam. 30.2m N-S; 29.6m E-W), defined by scarp which is best preserved in the NW sector (H 0.25m). Also in this sector there is a slight trace of an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.12m). The E quadrant extends out to the field boundary, immediately E of the ringfort, the ditch of which is waterlogged. This field boundary kinks out slightly to respect the enclosure. The field boundary between the stream and Grangebeg townland boundary to N has been removed. The monument was visited in 1982 and was described as being in poor condition with a very denuded bank and an infilled and waterlogged fosse, diam. 33m (Cahill 1982, unpublished). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.