What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glenbane Lower is in County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies slightly elevated pasture with good views in all directions. Its D-shaped interior measures 46 metres from northwest to southeast and 45 metres from east to west, while the whole site spans 62 metres from northeast to southwest.

On slightly elevated pasture with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a D-shaped area (int. diam. 46m NW-SE; 45m E-W; overall diam. 62m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (base Wth 4m; top Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m), external fosse (top Wth 4.5m; base Wth 3.9m; ext. D 0.5m) and outer bank (top Wth 0.7m; base Wth 1m; ext. H 0.3m) with possible causewayed entrance gap (Wth 5m) at NE. There are modern cattle gaps at NW and SE, the outer bank appears to be a later boundary planted with hawthorns as a way of enclosing the ringfort from the rest of the field. The straight side of the D-shaped enclosure at SW measures 43m long. There is a small quarry (dims. 7m NE-SW x 2m N-S; D 0.5m) in the N quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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