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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Noan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Noan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Noan, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2011 source places it on a low rise in undulating countryside and records good views in all directions. It describes a poorly preserved 36-metre north-south by 35-metre east-west circular area enclosed by an earth-and-stone bank, mainly reduced to a scarp. The same account records the southern interior as quarried away and a modern north-south road cutting the inner bank at the west.
On top of a low rise of ground in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Poorly preserved ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (int. diam. 36m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.6m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) mainly reduced to a scarp. S quadrant of interior has been quarried away and the inner bank is intersected by the modern road at W on a N-S axis. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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