What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Oldcastle (Bourney parish), Rathnaveoge Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Oldcastle (Bourney parish), Rathnaveoge Upper, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the summit of an irregular ridge with a spur to the south. A raised circular area 17 metres across is defined by an earth and stone bank 0.8 metres wide, standing 0.23 metres high internally and 1.87 metres externally. The source records a 3-metre-wide outer ditch in the northwest quadrant and a 2.65-metre entrance gap at east.

Located on the summit of an irregular, meandering ridge with a spur to the S, in very hilly, undulating terrain. A raised circular area (diam. 17m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.23m; ext. H 1.87) with a steep drop to the exterior. An outer fosse is visible in the NW quadrant (Wth 3m) and there is an entrance gap at E (Wth 2.65m). The site is badly overgrown with gorse and ferns. A field bank bisects the site from E to W and a road runs close to the NW quadrant. (Stout 1984, 76). 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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