What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corrowle is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle northeast-facing slope beside a Georgian house, forming a circular area roughly 41 metres north-south and 40.5 metres east-west. An earth and stone bank, 2.8 metres wide and 1.2 metres high externally, surrounds the space, while a V-shaped external ditch, 3.5 metres wide and 0.8 metres deep, cuts the ground outside the bank but is not visible at the north.

Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in rolling pastureland. A Georgian house lies to the NW and the site is positioned beside the driveway approaching the house. It consists of a circular area (diam. c. 41m N-S; 40.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.8-1.15m; ext. H 1.2m) and V-shaped external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.8m) which is not visible at N. Three mature trees are growing in the NW quadrant, one oak, two beech, and the E portion (N through S) has been planted with hedgerow which acts as a field boundary. The location with respect to the house, avenue and probable tree-ring to S suggests that this is also a tree-ring, though possibly utilising an existing ringfort. 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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