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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycullin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycullin, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a northeast-facing pasture slope and forms a circular area roughly 42 metres from northeast to southwest and 38 metres from northwest to southeast. A substantial bank and surrounding ditch define the perimeter, although the bank becomes a shallow scarp on the downslope side and contains several gaps. An old trackway now cuts across the northwest sector, truncating the outer edge of the monument.

In pasture (silage), on a NE-facing slope. A circular area (dims. c. 42m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) defined by a bank (Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 7.2m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.7m) and fosse (basal Wth 2.6m; overall 6.95m; D 1.1m). The bank is particularly substantial (Wth at top 3m; overall Wth 8.9m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.35m) in the W quadrant and is reduced to scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 1m) downslope to NW-N-ENE. There are several gaps in the bank (Wth 2.5m at N; Wth 2.5m at NE; Wth 1.5m at S and Wth 3.5m at NW). The fosse is best preserved ENE-S-WSW and is shallow (basal Wth 1.6m; overall Wth 4.5m; D 0.4m) WSW-W-NW. The outer edge of the monument has been truncated by the remains of an old trackway running NE-SW across the NW sector. The interior is on a NE-facing slope. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycullin is a circular early-medieval defensive or habitation site, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore often associates such forts with the faé or supernatural beings, and they were sometimes avoided or revered by rural communities.

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