What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barnane (Barnane-Ely parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnane (Barnane-Ely parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low hillock in an undulating upland area, with another ringfort situated to the southwest. The site presents a raised roughly circular platform measuring 28 metres from north to south, enclosed by a low earth and stone bank 2.3 metres wide. An outer ditch 2 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep surrounds the bank, but no clear entrance feature is visible.

Situated just below the summit of a low hillock in an undulating upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN029-019) to the SW. A raised roughly circular platform (diam. 28m N-S) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) with no clear entrance feature visible (Stout 1984, 80). 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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