What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickconeen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickconeen, County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits on a ridge sloping slightly south, with a depression immediately north that may be the result of quarrying. The roughly circular enclosure has a 39-metre north-south diameter, an impressive bank in the north quadrant, and entrance gaps in the east, southwest and northwest. A small central hollow has a slight bank around its perimeter, possibly from robbing or a collapsed underground passage.

On top of a ridge, sloping slightly to S with a depression immediately N of the monument which may be the result of quarrying. In hilly terrain, under pasture. Roughly circular ringfort (diam. 39m N-S; 38.5 E-W) enclosed by a bank with an impressive profile in the N quadrant (Wth 2m crest, 6.2m base; int. H 0.62m; ext. H 2.17m), external height may be exaggerated by external quarrying, bedrock is exposed at the base of the bank. In the SE and SW quadrants the bank is 1.3m above the exterior. There is a cattle gap in the SW quadrant (Wth 1.1m) and in the NW (0.6m). There is an entrance in the E quadrant (Wth 1.8m). There is a hollow in the centre of the ringfort (diam. 2.6m N-S; 2.8m E-W; D 0.43) with a slight bank (Wth 1.3m; ext. H 0.2m) around the perimeter, possibly a result of robbing or a collapsed Man-made underground passage. An external field bank with a stone revettment runs concentric with the ringfort in the W-S-E sectors. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 January 2014

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