What is recorded here

Mound in Ballinard (rathlynin Par.) is a mound in Ballinard (rathlynin Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits off-centre to the north within a ringfort on a low rise in pasture. The roughly circular mound measures 9 metres west-southwest to east-northeast and 8 metres north-northwest to south-southeast, rising 0.62 metres. A fosse 1.9 to 2.5 metres wide and 0.18 to 0.25 metres deep surrounds it, though dense nettles hide parts from west-northwest to north-northeast and southeast to southwest.

Within the interior of a ringfort (TS059-060----) which is located on a low rise, in pasture. The mound is off-centre to the N. A roughly circular mound (dims. 9m WSW-ENE; 8m NNW-SSE; H 0.62m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth 1.9-2.5m; D 0.18-0.25m). Dense nettle growth obscures the fosse from WNW-NNE and SE-SW. The top of the mound has a slight depression where it may have been excavated in antiquity. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A roughly circular mound within a ringfort, likely a fulacht fiadh or ceremonial feature, dating to the Early Medieval period. Its location and association with a ringfort suggest a possible domestic or ritual function.

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