What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killavally is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killavally, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a southwest-facing slope on a long north-south ridge, enclosing an oval area 33.7 metres wide from east to west. A broad earthen and stone bank surrounds the interior, reaching 1.63 to 2.29 metres high on the outside and 1.08 metres high on the inside. The bank is reduced to a scarp from southeast through southwest to northwest, and no external ditch is visible.

On a SW-facing slope of long, roughly N-S running ridge, with forestry planted along top of ridge. Monument surrounded by pasture. Oval area (diam. 33.7m E-W; N-S not obtainable) enclosed by broad, high, earthen and stone bank (Wth 3.3m crest; int. H 1.08m; ext. H 1.63-2.29m). Scrub growing around bank and in SW quadrant. The interior, sloping to SW, is grass and nettle filled. The bank is very high above the exterior, particularly upslope to NE. A field bank, with a lot of small boulders, runs NW-SE c. 10m NE of ringfort and terminates directly E of monument. There is no visible external fosse. The bank is reduced to scarp in the SE-SW-NW quadrant. Limited dumping of stones against external face of bank in the SW quadrant. A portion of bank in the WNW sector has slipped towards the exterior. Ground level in the interior is quite disturbed, the result of small scale quarrying, with small hollow in SE quadrant with upcast to NE and SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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