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 roughly circular area 26.7 metres north-south and 24.5 metres east-west on a south-east-facing hill slope above a valley. A gradual 1.14-metre rise marks the boundary while the interior slopes southwest. The 1843 map showed a circular enclosure, but the site is now levelled and absent from the later 1952-3 map.

Situated on a SE-facing slope of a hill overlooking a valley below, in hilly terrain under pasture. Depicted on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure but not marked on the subsequent 1952-3 ed. A slight rise delimits this roughly circular site (diam. c. 26.7m N-S; 24.5m E-W), the scarp consisting of a very gradual slope (H 1.14m). The interior slopes towards the SW. Although this site has been levelled the size, location and cartographic evidence 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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