Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killough, County Tipperary

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On a low rise of pasture in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Killough Hill lies immediately to the S and Killough Castle is 670m to the W. Much degraded levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 59m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) and possible outer fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.1m) visible at S only, the monument is best preserved from S to W. The field boundaries depicted on the OS 6-inch map as immediately enclosing the ringfort are no longer visible. A sketch plan and section of the monument from the 1950s shows a fosse along the W side between the bank and the field boundary (OPW files). It is described as a well-preserved monument but under threat from agricultural development in 1974 (Cahill, 1982), probably partially levelled around the mid 1970s when field boundaries were removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS047-056

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