What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rorardstown Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rorardstown Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north-east-facing slope on a low hillock. An irregular area 36 metres across from north-east to south-west is enclosed by a 1.5-metre-wide earth and stone bank, 0.2 metres high inside and 1 metre high outside, with a 4-metre-wide, 0.5-metre-deep external fosse. A possible destroyed entrance gap 6 metres wide opens at the west.

Situated on the gentle NE-facing slope of a low hillock in undulating countryside. An irregular-shaped area (diam. 36m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.5m) with a possible destroyed entrance gap (Wth 6m) at W. 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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