What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Park (Killea parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Park (Killea parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. Its D-shaped area measures 31 metres north-south with a straight eastern side 30 metres long. A 3.5-metre earth-and-stone bank encloses it, best preserved at west and reduced to a scarp at east. The 2002 inventory records an outer ditch destroyed at northeast and no visible entrance feature.

Situated on an E-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous area with a nearby ringfort (TN029-003) to the NE. A D-shaped area area (diam. 31m N-S) with straight side at E (L. 30m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) best preserved at W and reduced to a scarp at E and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m) which is destroyed at NE. No entrance feature visible. 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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