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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garryclogh is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupied a slight northwest-facing slope of rising ground in pasture with good views in all directions. The 1989 record described a well-preserved but overgrown circular platform 27 metres across, enclosed by an earthen bank 9 metres wide and 1.2 metres high. The ringfort is now levelled and not visible at ground level, though the northern field boundary that enclosed it remains intact.
On a slight NW-facing slope of rising ground in pasture with good views in all directions. The field boundary to the N which enclosed the monument is still intact. It was described in 1989 as a well-preserved but overgrown ringfort consisting of a circular platform (diam. 27m (90ft) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 9m (30ft); H 1.2m (4ft)) (McCormack 1989, 14). This levelled ringfort is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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