What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Chamberlainstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Chamberlainstown, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the flat summit of a low north-south ridge in undulating grassland. A field bank cuts through the northern quadrant and crosses the interior from northwest to southeast. Scrub, brambles and nettles now cover much of the earthworks.

On flat level summit of low ridge running N-S, in undulating grassland. Area immediately surrounding monument is covered in scrub. Ringfort (diam. c. 35-40m) itself is heavily overgrown with scrub, brambles and nettles. It is enclosed by bank (Wth 2.1m crest, 5.7m base; int. H 0.53m; H above fosse 1.82m); fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 1.1m). Gap (Wth 1.2m) in N quadrant where field bank runs N-S across the fosse to join with inner face of bank. This field boundary continues across the interior, transecting the ringfort NW-SE. NE quadrant is defined by low bank, almost reduced to scarp (Wth 2.6m crest, 4.3m base; H above int. 0.27m; H above ext. 0.87m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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