What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clonacody is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clonacody, County Tipperary, Ireland. Lalor's Fort, the local name recorded by Lyons in 1937, remains a roughly circular trivallate ringfort on a gentle northeast-facing slope in Clonacody. It measures 26.8 metres north-south and 28.1 metres east-west, enclosing three banks and two ditches that rise between 0.7 and 1.7 metres above the ground. The entrance sits in the east quadrant, slightly offset to the southeast, and narrow cattle gaps still cut the outer banks in the south.

On a gentle NE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. Currently in grounds of Slievenamon Golf Club. Roughly circular trivallate ringfort (diam. 26.8m N-S; 28.1m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.9m crest, 6.4m base; int. H 0.74m; ext. H 1.29m); fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 1.36m); bank (Wth 2.5m crest, 5.9m base; ext. H 1.66m); outer fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 1.34m) and outer bank (Wth 2m crest, 3.4m base; ext. H 0.7m). Ringfort is overgrown with trees but relatively clear beneath. Entrance in E quadrant (Wth 2m) through two other banks, not as clear through inner bank and is slightly off-line to SE. Monument is enclosed by a field bank in the N and W sectors, the other bank has been augmented by this field boundary in the N quadrant. There are narrow cattle gaps in the outer banks in the S quadrant. According to Lyons (1937, 127) the local name for the monument was 'Lalor's Fort'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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