What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockshearoon is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockshearoon, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a southwest-facing slope beside a southern stream. The site contains a forty-one-metre circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank, an outer ditch, and a possible western external bank. A narrow northwest gap may mark the entrance.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region with a nearby stream to the S. A raised circular area (diam. 41m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1-2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3-2m) and an outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.5m) with a possible external bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) visible at W only. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NW. A field fence intersects the inner bank at N on an E-W axis. 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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