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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilshane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilshane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilshane, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies generally level pasture as a roughly circular raised area measuring about 32 metres northwest to southeast and 32 metres northeast to southwest. An earthen bank about 5.85 metres wide defines the edge, standing 0.25 metres high inside and 1 to 1.5 metres high outside, while an external ditch about 3 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep runs beyond it. Thorn trees cover or mark the western, northern and northeast sections, and another enclosure lies about 800 metres to the west-southwest.
In generally level pasture. Roughly circular raised area (dims c. 32m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (Wth c. 5.85m; int H c. 0.25m; ext H c. 1-1.5m). External fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.6m). Covered/defined by thorn trees W-N-NE. Enclosure (TS067-032----) located c. 800m to WSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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