What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Thurlesbeg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Thurlesbeg, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a raised circular area 62 metres north-south and 69 metres east-west, enclosed by an earth and stone bank 1.2 metres wide at the top and 4.5 metres wide at the base. The bank stands 1 metre high internally and 1 to 4 metres high externally at the south, though it is reduced to a scarp from southeast through south to southwest. A possible entrance gap 4.4 metres wide has been widened, and a livestock gap 5 metres wide cuts the bank at the northwest.

In grassland on a SE-facing slope of an E-W ridge overlooking Arglo river 50m to the S. A raised circular area (int. diam 62m N-S; 69m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.2m; base Wth 4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1-4m at S) reduced to a scarp from SE through S to SW with a possible entrance gap (Wth 4.4m ) which has been widened. There is a livestock gap (Wth 5m) in the bank at NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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