What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonanagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture in undulating countryside as a slightly raised circular area 29 metres wide from east to west. An earth and stone bank 2.1 metres wide encloses the area, standing 0.3 metres high inside and 1.3 metres high outside. A field fence cuts the bank at the east, while a shallow external ditch 3 metres wide and 0.25 metres deep runs from northwest through north to east where the bank is reduced to a scarp.

Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 29m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m) intersected by a field fence at E and reduced to a scarp from NW through N to E with shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25m). A waterlogged quarry (dims. 7m x 15m x 1.5m) is in the centre of the interior. 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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