What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rehill (Shanrahan parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rehill (Shanrahan parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. Its roughly circular area measures 27 metres north to south and 26 metres east to west. The 2013 source records a bank and ditch in the western quadrant, where a north-south road cuts the site. A gap through the denuded bank in the southeast may be the original entrance.

In forestry on SE-facing slope with Burncourt river located c. 100m to SE. Roughly circular ringfort (diam. 27m N-S, 26m E-W) enclosed by bank (Wth crest 1.2m, base 3.5m; int. H 0.47; ext. H 1.28m) and fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.28m) visible in the W quadrant. Ringfort is cut through by roadway, running N-S, in W quadrant. Interior and bank, though relatively clear of trees, is overgrown with brambles and undergrowth obscuring features. Bank denuded in SE quadrant which may be the original entrance. Bank has steep external profile. The fosse is slightly more pronounced on the W side. Gap through bank in SE quadrant. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 November 2013

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