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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilcommon More (south), County Tipperary, Ireland. It presents a roughly circular shape measuring about 40 metres across both north-south and east-west axes. An earthen bank encloses the site, reaching 1.23 metres internally and 1.86 metres externally while spanning 2.1 metres at the crest and 4.6 metres at the base. Mature elm trees grow along this bank, and heavy vegetation fills the interior.
On relatively flat ground in gently undulating terrain, under pasture. Conjoined with ringfort (TS081-017001-). A roughly circular ringfort (diam. c. 40m N-S and E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.1m crest, 4.6m base; int. H 1.23m; ext. H 1.86m) planted with mature elm trees, the interior is heavily overgrown with vegetation. There is a well-defined entrance in the NE quadrant (Wth 2.5m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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