What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tinlough (Grangemockler parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tinlough (Grangemockler parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a roughly circular 49-metre area at the top of a rise, enclosed by an earthen bank that is reduced to a scarp on one arc and broken in three places. An external ditch is evident along part of the circuit, while the interior slopes gently downward to the east and holds scattered large rocks.

In hay field, at top of rise with land falling steeply to E and more gently to SSW. Roughly circular area (dims. 49m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 4.95m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.2m) SSE-S, reduced to scarp (Wth 4.5m; H 1.1m) S-SW; bank (Wth 7.2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.35m) again SW-NNW. Monument truncated by field boundary N-E-SE. Break in bank (Wth 3.0m) at NNW; second break (Wth ….m) at SSE and third break (Wth ….m) at S. External fosse (Wth 5.2m; D 0.5m) evident SW-S-NNW. Not visible NNW-SSE or SSE-SW as monument truncated by field boundary to E and S. Bank/scarp and fosse are covered for most part by furze, sally trees, thorns, briars and nettles, ferns etc. Interior slopes gently downwards to E. The edges are covered by furze and other bushes with some briars in small confined clumps near centre. Some thorn trees cover the entire northern sector. Many large rocks visible in various places across the monument but mostly within the interior. Large rock (triangular shaped) at W of interior. Field boundary at S of monument post-dates the 1904 edition OS 6-inch map. Stone kerbing along northern arc of exterior of bank is probably a later feature. Enclosure (TS071-014----) located 670m to E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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