What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Graiguepadeen is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a well-preserved ringfort on a natural hillock in undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The raised circular area measures 51 metres north to south and 53 metres east to west. An earth and stone bank encloses it, reaching 6 metres across at its base and 2 metres across at its top.

On top of a natural hillock in undulating pasture with good views in all directions. A well-preserved ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (diam. 51m N-S; 53m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved earth and stone bank (base Wth. 6m; top Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.5m) reduced to a scarp at the SE where the field boundaries intersect with the monument. There are two cattle gaps in the bank at the N sector and a gap in the bank at the E due to tree root disturbance. The bank is at its highest externally from the SW through W to the N. A modern house has been built approx. 20m to the SW of the ringfort where there was an earlier 19th-century farmhouse and farmyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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