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 low flat rise in grassland that overlooks the Arglo River to the north. The circular earth and stone bank encloses a raised area 23 metres north to south and 22 metres east to west, although cattle grazing has damaged its surface and external face.

In grassland atop low flat rise of ground with good views in all directions overlooking Arglo River to N. Unreclaimed wet marshy land to N, land to E in tillage and in grassland elsewhere. Ringfort (TS053-057----) 160m to E. Ringfort consists of a raised circular area (int. diam. 23m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 3.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m; int. H 0.2m) mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and traces of an outer fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.2m) visible at E and S only. Possible widened entrance gap (Wth 6m) at SE and livestock gap (Wth 4.5m) in bank at NW. Bank best preserved from NW to N elsewhere reduced to a scarp, over grazing of cattle on ringfort has caused considerable damage to the surface of the monument and the external face of the bank especially at SE and E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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