What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycapple is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycapple, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle northeast-facing pasture slope and preserves a roughly circular plan measuring about 54 metres from northwest to southeast. The boundary combines an inner bank 2.5 metres wide, a U-shaped ditch 3.5 metres wide and 0.9 metres deep, and an outer bank 3.6 metres wide. A large silage pit cuts the western interior, while its excavated earth forms a mound on the eastern side.

Located on a gentle NE-facing slope, in pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 54m NW-SE) defined by a bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.15m), a U-shaped fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.9m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.6m; ext. H 0.73m). A large silage pit has been dug into the interior at W, with a corresponding mound of spoil to the E. 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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