What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Monsea is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Monsea, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory places it on a natural rise in undulating pastureland and records a slightly irregular circular enclosure on both six-inch map editions, with field boundaries along the east and southwest quadrants possibly truncating it. The site had been levelled about fifty years before that account, but local superstition left the former fort area fallow. The source records no visible ground-level trace.

Situated on a natural rise in undulating pastureland. Depicted on both the 1st and latest ed. OS 6-inch maps as a slightly irregular circular enclosure with field boundaries running along E and SW quadrants, possibly truncating them. The site was levelled c. 50 years ago but because of superstition the area where the 'fort' stood has been left fallow. Not visible at ground level. 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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