What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shrough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shrough, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a sub-circular area 18 metres north-south and 20 metres east-west on a northeast-facing slope. A 1.1-metre-wide, 0.25-metre-high scarp and a possible 4.25-metre-wide, 0.15-metre-deep fosse mark its western, west-southwestern and northwestern, north-northwestern edges. A southwest-northeast drain cuts its southeast portion, while two small mounds lie immediately to the northeast.

In improved pasture, on a NE-facing slope. Remains of sub-circular area (dims. 18m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 1.1m; H 0.25m) and a possible fosse (Wth 4.25m; D 0.15m) W-WSW and NW-NNW. Interior has a gentle NE-facing slope and is slightly uneven. Drain (long-axis SW-NE) truncates monument to SE. Two mounds (L c. 3m; Wth 3.1m; H 0.15m) to immediate NE may be associated. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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