What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycrenode (Kilkeary parish) is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It stood on a gradual north-facing slope in gently undulating pasture, where quarrying damaged the interior before the whole site was levelled. Aerial photography from 1968 captured the resulting cropmark, preserving the memory of a 34.4 metre ring after the ground itself had been erased.

Situated on a gradual N-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. This site was levelled between 1963, when it was last inspected, and 1968 when it appears as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AVN 58). The outline of the fosse is visible as a ring of differential grass growth (Wth 3m) giving a diam. of 34.4m for the site. In 1963 the site had already been severely damaged by quarrying in the interior. The surrounding bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) and shallow outer fosse, however, were still relatively intact (OPW Correspondence, 1963). 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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