What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghtarsna is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curraghtarsna, County Tipperary, Ireland. The oval enclosure measures about 40 metres west-northwest to east-southeast and 35 metres north-northwest to south-southeast. A 3.2-metre-wide earthen bank surrounds the site, rising 1.75 metres externally and 0.45 metres internally. A 5.6-metre-wide ditch cuts through the ground beside the bank, reaching a depth of 1.1 metres.

In improved pasture, with a slight tilt downslope to SW. Oval area (dims. c. 40m WNW-ESE; c. 35m NNW-SSE) defined by earthen bank (overall Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.75m) NW-ENE which is reduced to scarp (Wth 2.9m; H 1.5m) ENE-NW. Gentle counterscarp forms part of bank exterior W-NW. Fosse (overall Wth 5.6m; basal Wth 2.7m; D 1.1m). Causeway (Wth c. 8m) at ENE may be modified entrance. Interior is covered in dense overgrowth and is partially inaccessible. According to Cahill (1982, R144), there are 'very slight traces of internal sub-divisions.' Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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