What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathgallen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathgallen, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its oval area measures about 35 metres north-south and 24 metres east-west on a low rise. One earthen bank measures 4.65 metres wide at west-southwest and 5.4 metres at east-southeast, with a flat top 0.95 metres across. A 1.5-metre causewayed entrance opens at west-northwest, and a broad U-shaped outer ditch measures 3.5 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep.

In fallow arable field, atop low rise, land falling gently downslope to E, S and W. Oval circular area (dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 24m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m) at WSW and bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.2m) at ESE. Top of bank flat-topped (Wth 0.95m). Bank reduced to scarp in places at SW. Causewayed entrance (Wth 1.5m) at WNW and break (Wth 2m) covered in undergrowth, in bank at E. Broad, U-shaped external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.6m) visible, however encroached by plough line at outer edges. Interior generally level and covered in nettles with briars around edges. Ringfort (TS068-039----) inter-visible c. 285m to NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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