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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pallas More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pallas More is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Pallas More, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its circular area lies on a north-northeast-facing upland slope and is enclosed by an earth-and-stone bank 1.8 metres wide, 1.5 metres high internally and 2 metres high externally. The 2002 inventory records no visible entrance feature and says dense vegetation prevented detailed examination.
Situated on a NNE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a ringfort (TN020-017) to the NE. A circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2m) with no entrance feature visible. Site covered in dense vegetaton making detailed examination impossible. 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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