What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kyle (Solloghodbeg parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kyle (Solloghodbeg parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a circular raised area about 20 metres across in level wet pasture, enclosed by an earthen bank and an outer ditch. From south through west to north, the ditch was recut as a field drain. It was silted from south to west and freshly cleaned from west to north, while slight ditch traces remained elsewhere to the north and south.

In level wet pasture. Circular raised area (diam. c. 20m) defined by an internal earthen bank (overall Wth c. 4.5m; Wth at top c. 1m; int. H c. 0.2m; ext. H c. 1.6m) with an external fosse. An E-W orientated modern field bank links to the bank at E. From S-N the fosse has been re-cut as a field drain that is silted up S-W and freshly cleaned (Wth at top 3m; D 1.4m) W-N. Slight traces of the fosse are visible N-S. An E-W orientated modern field drain links to the re-cut fosse at W. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is level and densely overgrown with bushes and briars. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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