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Rathroe TS062-026----, Tipperary

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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TS062-026----
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In pasture, on elevated area of an E-facing slope; land also falls to N and S. An enclosure (TS062-025----) lies c. 150m to W. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a probable bank and a fosse (overall Wth 6m; basal Wth 2m; D 0.75m). The bank is engulfed by an impenetrable ring of gorse which is extending…

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In pasture, on elevated area of an E-facing slope; land also falls to N and S. An enclosure (TS062-025----) lies c. 150m to W. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a probable bank and a fosse (overall Wth 6m; basal Wth 2m; D 0.75m). The bank is engulfed by an impenetrable ring of gorse which is extending into the interior and is particularly dense in the SSE sector, obscuring the fosse and a field boundary which runs E-W along the S edge of the monument. According to Cahill (1982) in 'c. 1975. Interior of site and inner face of bank stripped to provide material for farm roads; core of bank completely exposed; largely composed of shale chips [and] ditch filled with debris of field clearance'. A large pond (dims. 16m N-S; c. 14m E-W) off-centre to the W may be the remains of the quarrying mentioned by Cahill. The monument is fenced off from surrounding field and is ungrazed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS062-026

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