What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlewaller is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlewaller, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the west slope of a hill near a castle site to the southwest. A twenty-eight-metre circular area faces northeast to southwest, enclosed by a one-and-a-half-metre wide earth and stone bank. An external ditch two-and-a-half metres wide and half a metre deep surrounds the bank, while a drystone wall cuts through the southeast section.

Situated on the W slope of a hill in an upland area with a nearby castle site (TN037-013) to the SW. A circular area (diam. 28m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) and external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.5m) with a drystone wall field-fence intersecting the bank at SE. No entrance feature visible. 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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