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 an east-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with good views to the east and higher ground to the west. The site preserves an overgrown circular area about 30 metres across from north to south, enclosed by an earth and stone bank, a fosse and an outer bank that may date from the eighteenth or nineteenth century as a later field boundary. A causewayed entrance three metres wide opens to the southeast on the downslope.

On an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views to E and higher ground to W, in grassland. Enclosure (TS053-082----) 250m to NW. Overgrown circular area (approx. int. diam. 30m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 3.5m; ext. H 1.8-3.5m at S; int. H 0.5-0.8m ), fosse (base Wth 1.5-3m; top Wth 4.5m; ext. D 0.8m) and outer bank (top Wth 1.1m; base Wth 2.3m; ext. H 0.2m). Causewayed entrance at SE (Wth 3m) on the downslope. Outer bank may be of 18th/19th-century date and may be just a later enclosing field boundary as indicated on first ed. OS 6-inch map. Internal diameter not obtainable due to dense cover of vegetation. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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