What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycrenode (Kilkeary parish) is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle northeast-facing slope in undulating pasture. Two other levelled enclosures sit about 100 metres to the north-northwest and west-northwest. A flat oval rise, 26 metres north-south and 21.5 metres east-west, marks the former position of the ringfort.

Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in undulating pasture. Two enlosures TN027-010 and TN027-011, both levelled, lie 100m to the NNW and WNW respectively. The site is depicted on both the 1st and latest ed. OS 6-inch maps and appears as a cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1968 (CUCAP, AVN 58). Although levelled, an oval rise (diam. 26m N-S; 21.5m E-W) indicates where the site stood. 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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