What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mayladstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mayladstown, County Tipperary, Ireland. It forms a small circular enclosure measuring 26.1 metres north to south and 25.5 metres east to west, defined by a bank with a crest 2.4 metres wide and a base 4.3 metres wide. Its unusual high position and conifer planting suggest that it may be a later landscape feature rather than a typical ringfort.

On a NW slope, c. 100m below the summit of the hill, in upland terrain under pasture. Small circular enclosure (diam. 26.1m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 2.4m crest, 4.3m base; H above int. 0.44m; H above ext. 0.7m). Mature conifers are growing around the bank, some trees which has been planted in the interior have fallen. In the N quadrant a field boundary, running roughly E-W, kinks around the monument, the stone wall of this field boundary has been built up against the outer face of the bank on this side. Interior slopes to NW. In W sector the bank is largely reduced to scarp. Lot of shale in bank construction. No obvious entrance feature though there is a gap (Wth 1.5m) in the E quadrant, though partially obscured by the trunk of a mature deciduous tree. This monument, so high up on one of the outlying hills of Slievemanmon, is not in a typical ringfort location. The fact that it is also planted with conifers suggests that it may be a later landscape feature. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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