What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardfinnan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure stretches 33 metres north to south and 38 metres east to west, surrounded by an earthen bank reaching 1.87 metres in external height. The site sits on a southwest-facing slope above rolling pasture, with the River Suir flowing 300 metres to the south. Scrub now covers both the interior and the bank, softening the ancient earthworks.
Just off the crest of a SW-facing slope in rolling pasture, with the River Suir c. 300m to the S. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 33m N-S; c. 38m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m base-7.5m base; int. H 1.33m; ext. H 1.87m) which is less pronounced upslope to the NE. The interior and banks are heavily overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 February 2014
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