What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rahelty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rahelty, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its slightly raised circular area measures 20 metres east to west on a low rise. A poorly preserved 2-metre earth-and-stone bank, mainly reduced to a scarp, and a 2.3-metre-wide external ditch enclose it. The source records no visible entrance feature, while a north-south field fence crosses the ditch at west.

Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating courtryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 20m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4-1.1m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp with an external fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.4m). No entrance feature visible. A field fence intersects the fosse at W on a N-S axis. 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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