What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynahow (Ballycahill parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynahow (Ballycahill parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope in a broad valley, preserving a raised circular platform 34.7 metres north-south and 33 metres east-west. Scrub marks the south and west edges, while a gradual 0.55-metre scarp extends across eight metres on the north and east. The 1843 map recorded this circular enclosure before later survey work stopped marking it.

Situated on a very gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating terrain in a broad valley at the base of hills, in pasture. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not marked on subsequent 1952-53 revision. A slightly raised circular platform (diam. 34.7m N-S; 33m E-W) with a field boundary formed of scrub defining the S and W sectors of the site while the N and E sectors are defined by a very gradual scarp (H 0.55m over 8m). The site has been levelled but the size and cartographic depiction on the 1st ed. OS 6-INCH map suggest this was a 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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