Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glentane, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a steep NE-facing slope in severely poached pasture. A badly degraded, large circular area (diam. 58m E-W) defined by a low, denuded earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.73m; ext. H 0.45m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 2m) at NW. The interior slopes to the NE and the upper half is occupied by feeding rings and a large silage mound. There are a lot of gaps due to cattle trampling. Field banks abut the site at NNE and SW. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN033-016

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