What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilconnell, Kilsallagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilconnell, Kilsallagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular area 35 metres across on an east-facing slope, bounded by an earthen bank 7.65 metres wide that stands 2.5 metres high externally and drops to 0.95 metres internally. A gap 4 metres wide in the bank and a possible causeway over the ditch at the northeast may mark the entrance, while the surrounding ditch measures 5.75 metres across and 0.95 metres deep before being widened into a pond at the east-southeast.

In improved pasture, on an E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 35m) defined by earthen bank (overall Wth 7.65m; Wth at top 1.7m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 2.5m), except where reduced to scarp at NE. Gap (overall Wth 4m; basal Wth 2m) in bank and possible causeway over fosse at NE may represent an entrance. Fosse (overall Wth 5.75m; basal Wth 1.75m; D 0.95m) has been modified at ESE, where redug and extended outwards to form pond. Outer edge of fosse is truncated by field boundary NNE-ENE and disturbed by upcast from excavated pond at ENE. Interior is generally level and is accessible around perimeter, but overgrown with vegetation within centre. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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