What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pallas (Donohill parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Pallas (Donohill parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It preserves a circular area measuring about 32 metres from northeast to southwest and 26 metres from northwest to southeast, though a field boundary cuts across the northeast sector. The site is defined by a low bank reduced to a scarp in places, an intervening ditch and a low external bank that is very eroded by livestock. A possible entrance about 4 to 5 metres wide faces south, and the monument is fenced off by an electric fence.
In improved, undulating pasture, on the upper edge of a prevalent NW-facing slope. Land also falls gently to WSW. Remains of a circular area (dims. c. 32m NE-SW; c. 26m NW-SE) truncated by a field boundary across the NE sector. The monument is defined by a low bank reduced to scarp in places, an intervening fosse and a low external bank which is very eroded by livestock. There is a possible entrance (Wth c. 4-5m) at S. The monument is fenced off by an electric fence.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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