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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Meldrum is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Meldrum, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in pasture and forms a circular area measuring 39 metres east-west and 38 metres north-south. A surviving bank defines the perimeter, reaches 2.05 metres in external height, and remains best preserved where it joins the southwest to northwest field boundary. A shallow ditch runs from the southwest to east-southeast, while an entrance gap opens at the north-northwest and a gated breach appears at the south-southwest.

In pasture, on a low rise. Circular area (dims. 39m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by bank (overall Wth 4.75m; Wth at top 1.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 2.05m) which is best preserved where it is incorporated into field boundary SW-NW. Remains of fosse (overall Wth 7.65m; basal Wth 3m; D 0.2m) SW-ESE. Bank appears pushed slightly outwards at SSE, where former field boundary (long axis ENE-WSW) was located. Entrance gap (basal Wth 3.5m; overall Wth 7m) at NNW and breach in bank at SSW, closed by gate. Interior is slightly higher in centre. Farm trackway (long axis ENE-WSW) to immediate S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Meldrum, likely dating to the early medieval period, is a circular earthwork with a well-preserved bank incorporated into a field boundary. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, reflecting their perceived otherworldly or sacred significance in Scottish rural belief.

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