What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mortlestown (Cooleagh parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mortlestown (Cooleagh parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. An earth and stone bank, 4 metres wide at its base and up to 3 metres high externally, surrounds the interior, while an external ditch 6 metres wide at the top and 1.5 metres deep cuts the ground from west through north. A possible widened entrance gap, 9 metres across, opens at the east, where the ditch leaves no visible trace.

In grassland on an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland river valley with good views to E with higher ground to W. Circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 1-3m) and external fosse (base Wth 3m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 1-1.5m) with possible widened entrance gap (Wth 9m) at E. Interior of ringfort follows natural slope of land from W to E. Damage caused by badger burrowing to inner bank at W on the uplsope, otherwise well preserved. The external height of the inner bank is at its highest on the uplsope where the enclosing fosse is widest and deepest from W to N and is not as well preserved from S to E, no visible trace of outer fosse on E side of ringfort. Classic univallate ringfort. 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.