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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyard is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyard, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-facing slope on an east-west ridge above a church to the northwest. A thirty-three-metre-wide semicircular area is enclosed by an earth and stone bank, which stands one point seven metres high outside and zero point four metres high inside. A separate external ditch is visible only at the west, while a field fence cuts across the southeast edge.

Situated on the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge in an upland area overlooking a church (TN031-010) to NW. The present remains consist of a semicircular area (diam. 33m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.45m; int. H 0.4m ; ext. H 1.7m) visible from S through W through N to E, elsewhere destroyed with external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) visible at W only. Possible entrance gap at NE. Field fence intersects site at SE on a NE-SW axis. 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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