What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Noan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Noan, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low grassland rise with views in every direction. A road cuts the outer bank at the north on an east-west axis. The surviving structure is a bivallate ringfort with a raised circular platform about 23 metres north-south and 6 metres east-west inside an overall 50 metre east-west extent.

On low rise of grassland with good views in all directions. Road intersects outer bank at N on an E-W axis. Bivallate ringfort consists of a raised circular platform (diam. c. 23m N-S; 6m E-W; overall diam. 50m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 2m), fosse (base Wth 4-2m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 1.5m) and external bank (base Wth 3m; top Wth 1.2m; ext. H1.5m). The SW quadrant has been quarried away leaving a hollow depression (dims. 25m N-S; 15m E-W; D 2m) where the platform and the enclosing elements were located. External bank is best preserved from N through E to SE. At SE to SSW the bank has been levelled and the fosse has been filled in and from SSW through W to NW the enclosing elements have been quarried away. Evidence of cattle poaching damage to bank at NE and the external face of the platform at N. No clear entrance feature visible. Platform was originally enclosed by a bank which has now been reduced to a scarp. Fair to poor condition situated in a reclaimed field of grassland. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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