What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Summerhill (Rathnaveoge parish) is a fairy fort or ringfort in Summerhill (Rathnaveoge parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory places its roughly 40-metre north-south circular area on a natural rise in undulating pasture. A low earth-and-stone bank 1.8 metres wide encloses it, with the account recording the bank as visible only at west and no visible trace of an external ditch. The raised interior contains a bullaun stone 0.8 metres from the southern bank, while a church and tower house lie nearby.

Situated on a natural rise in undulating pastureland with a nearby church (TN017-042) to the NE and a tower house (TN017-033) to the NNE. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 40m N-S) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.52m; ext. H 1.42m) visible at W only. No visible trace of an external fosse. The interior is raised following the natural rise of the hillock. There is a bullaun stone (1985) in the interior 0.8m from the S bank. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.