What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Farranmacbrien is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farranmacbrien, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its western sector remains visible on a slight pastureland rise, enclosing an approximate north-south diameter of 56 metres. The preserved area contains a raised interior, an external ditch 3.2 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep, and an outer bank 3.8 metres wide with an external height of 0.25 metres.

Located on a slight rise in undulating pastureland. Depicted as a roughly circular area on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map, but by the later ed. (1903) the NE quadrant had been removed. Although levelled, the W sector is still discernible with a raised interior (H 0.35m), external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.1m) and outer bank (Wth 3.8m; ext. H 0.25m) (approx. diam. c. 56m N-S). 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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