What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghnameadle is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghnameadle, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an east-facing slope below a hill summit and marks a circular area 31 metres wide from east to west. A poorly preserved earth and stone bank, 3 metres wide, still surrounds the site, though an electricity pylon now stands on its southern part.

Situated on an E-facing slope just below the summit of a hill in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 31m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.25m) with a possible destroyed entrance gap (Wth 2m) at E. An ESB pylon is built on top of the enclosing bank at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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