Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Parkbeg

Situated on level pasture at the base of a SE-facing hill overlooking a river valley to the SE. A raised circular area (diam. 39m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 2. -3m) with slight traces of a shallow external fosse and a causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. 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