What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Coolderry (Modreeny parish) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Coolderry (Modreeny parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure measures about 46.7 metres from north to south on ground that slopes northward. A limestone wall, 2.5 metres wide, surrounds the area, standing 0.45 metres high inside and 1.5 metres high outside. The wall has drystone facing over a rubble core and rests on an earth and stone foundation.

Situated on ground sloping to the N in undulating pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 46.7m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.5m). The limestone wall consists of drystone facing with an inner rubble core. An earth and stone bank forms the foundation of the wall. The wall has been levelled at N and the E side is densely overgrown with scrub. 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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