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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballywalter (kilvemnon Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballywalter (Kilvemnon parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballywalter (Kilvemnon parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a sub-circular area measuring about 38 metres east to west and 35 metres north to south on a south-facing slope. An earthen bank and surrounding ditch mark the boundary, with the best preservation visible from southeast through west to north. Dense overgrowth now blocks entry to the interior.
In improved pasture, on a S-facing slope, with a coniferous plantation to the N. An enclosure (TS063-039----) is located c. 50m to the SE. A sub-circular area (dims. c. 38m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth at top 0.5m; overall Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.35m) and fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 6.8m; D 0.9m) which is best preserved SE-W-N. The interior is inaccessible due to impenetrable overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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