What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garraun (Ballysheehan parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garraun (Ballysheehan parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture with clear views in every direction, though the earth and stone bank is now poorly preserved. The circular area measures 29 metres north to south and 30 metres east to west, while the bank reaches 1.8 metres across the top and 4 metres at the base. Whitethorn bushes grow inside the slightly sunken interior, where protruding rocks and possible slight quarrying mark the ground.

In grassland on flat pasture with good views in all directions. Poorly preserved monument consisting of a circular area (int. diam. 29m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.2m). Interior planted with whitethorn bushes with some evidence of slight quarrying. Small enclosing field boundary indicated on latest ed. OS 6-inch map has been removed. Slightly sunken waterlogged interior which is covered in protruding rocks, unusual for a ringfort, different morphologically from the surrounding ringforts. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.