What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinree (St. Patricksrock parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinree (St. Patricksrock parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area is about 30 metres across and holds a level interior crowded with whitethorn. A narrow scarp and a wide ditch mark the north-northeast to east edge, while a broader outer bank stands beside them. The whole site remains inside an earthen field boundary in the elevated farmland.

In elevated area of tillage. Circular area (diam c. 30m) defined by scarp (Wth 3m; H 1.3m) where seen NNE-E is otherwise obscured by dense whitethorn thickets. Fosse (overall Wth 6.55m; basal Wth 1.8m; D 0.85m) where seen NNE-E. Outer bank (overall Wth 5.5m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.1m) only seen NNE-E. Interior appears level and has dense growth of whitethorn. Monument appears to survive as depicted on latest edition OS 6-inch map and is enclosed by an earthen field boundary (overall Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.85m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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