What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drish is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drish, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a natural rise where a 27-metre circular area remains enclosed by a well-preserved earth and stone bank. The bank stands 1.1 metres wide, reaches 0.57 metres internally and 1.27 metres externally, and borders a flat-bottomed outer ditch 2.2 metres wide and 0.44 metres deep. Two gaps at the west and north break the bank, while mature conifers and scrub now fill the interior and surround the structure.

Situated on a natural rise in rough terrain. The area appears to have been quite marshy but has been drained and the areas E and W of the site planted with a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees. The site is very overgrown with scrub and mature conifers in the interior and scrub around the bank. A circular area (diam. approx. 27m) enclosed by a well-preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 1.1m; int. H 0.57m; ext. H 1.27m) and flat-bottomed outer fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.44m). There is no obvious entrance feature visible but two gaps have been broken through the bank at W and N. The well-preserved condition of the bank and the freshly cut appearance of the flat-bottomed fosse suggest possible reuse as a tree-ring. 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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