What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooleeny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooleeny, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in undulating countryside, enclosing a circular area 29 metres wide from east to west. An earth and stone bank, 2.7 metres wide, stands 0.6 metres high internally and 1.3 metres high externally. Outside the bank runs a fosse 5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, with a possible 5-metre entrance gap at the east.

Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 29m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.3m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 5m) at E.. The bank has been quarried away at N and there is a modern gap at WNW. 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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