What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Poulakerry (Kilkeary parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Poulakerry (Kilkeary parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory records a 24 metre north-south circular enclosure on the south-facing slope of a hill in a mountainous region. It preserves a low earthen bank, 2 metres wide, rising 0.2 metres internally and 0.4 metres externally, with no visible outer ditch or entrance. A separate moated site lies to the east.

Situated on athe S-facing slope of a hill in a mountainous region with a nearby moated site (TN028-003) to the E. A circular area (diam. 24m N-S) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) with no outer fosse or 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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