What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garranmore (St. Patricksrock parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garranmore (St. Patricksrock parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 26 metres north-south and 30 metres east-west on a gentle north-facing slope. A well-preserved earth and stone bank, 8.65 metres wide and 2.15 metres high externally, encloses the site, with a 6.5-metre-wide entrance at the south-southeast. A surrounding ditch, deepest at 1.65 metres in the north-northwest, is absent from the east-southeast section.

In pasture, on a very gentle N-facing slope. Conjoined to ringfort (TS061-015----) to NW via fosse. Oval area (dims. 26m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by well preserved bank of earth and stone. Bank (overall Wth 8.65m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.15m). Entrance (overall Wth 6.5m; basal Wth 4m) at SSE and breaches (Wth 2m) at N and WSW. Fosse (overall Wth 7.85m; basal Wth 2.8m; D 1.65m) is best preserved NW-NNE and is less pronounced (overall Wth 7.85m; basal Wth 2.7m; D 0.35m) NNE-E and SSE-NW; Absent E-SSE. Short length of field boundary (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m; L 12m) (long axis NE-SW) abuts exterior of fosse at WNW. Interior is generally level and E-half is obscured by overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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