What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Turtulla (Fertiana parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Turtulla (Fertiana parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory places its roughly 30-metre north-south oval area on a gentle east-facing slope beside the Poulaneigh River. An earthen bank 1.3 metres wide, 0.2 metres high internally and 1.24 metres high externally defines it. The account records partial levelling at the southeast and northeast and heavy bramble growth across the site.

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope with the Poulaneigh River running close to the W edge of the site, in reclaimed pastureland. An oval-shaped area (diam. c. 30m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.24m) partially levelled at SE and NE. Site very heavily overgrown with brambles. 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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