What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathordan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathordan, County Tipperary, Ireland. The levelled bank marks a circular area 34 metres east to west and 32 metres north to south at the base of an east-facing slope, with its strongest traces along the northern and southern arcs. The 1840 and 1952-54 Ordnance Survey maps and a 1954 field sketch record the same bank-defined circle, while another ringfort stands about 100 metres to the northwest.

In improved pasture, at base of an E-facing slope. Remains of circular area (dims. 34m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by levelled bank which is best traced around northern and southern arcs. The enclosure is depicted on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by a bank and was drawn as such in a sketch plan and sections in 1954 (OS Field Memorandums). In 1982 Cahill (unpublished thesis) described the monument as being in fair condition with one bank and one ditch. Ringfort (TS061-090----) is c. 100m to NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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