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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a W-facing slope just off the summit of a gently sloping hill. A poorly preserved site which has been levelled except for the S portion where the bank has been incorporated into a hedgerow. Originally the site consisted of a raised circular area (diam. 32.5m N-S; 35.5m E-W) enclosed by a bank, which has been reduced to a scarp, (H 0.36m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.6m). No other features visible. 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 TN046-008

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Lár na Páirce Museum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5

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