What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlelough is in County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area measures 32 metres from north to south and is enclosed by a tree-lined earthen bank 2.5 metres wide and 1.3 metres high. A wide flat-bottomed ditch 3 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep surrounds the bank. Trees growing on the bank suggest the site was used as a tree-ring, though it may originally have been a ringfort.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a stream to the S. A circular area (diam. 32m N-S) enclosed by a tree-lined earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 1.3m) with a wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m). No entrance feature visible. The depiction on the OS 6-inch map along with the presence of trees on the bank suggest the use of this site as a tree-ring. It may originally have been a ringfort. 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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