What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilnashanally is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilnashanally, County Tipperary, Ireland. The univallate site spans roughly 40 metres from north to south on a break in the northeast-facing lower slope of a hill. A modern gap four and a half metres wide opens the bank in the southwest quadrant, while a deep drainage gully aligned northwest to southeast meets the external bank face at the west.

Situated on a break in the NE-facing lower slope of a hill, in pasture. A heavily overgrown univallate ringfort (diam. c. 40m N-S) defined by a bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.93m) with a modern gap (Wth 4.5m) in the SW quadrant. A deep drainage gully aligned NW-SE meets the external face of the bank at W and continues around the circumference of the site. This has been excavated to form a wide, deep ditch with sheer sides. In the NE quadrant this deep ditch ends with water flowing NE-SW down the field gully. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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