What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newpark (Ballysheehan parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Newpark (Ballysheehan parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. A 1954 survey recorded a roughly circular enclosure measuring about 46 metres north-south and 48 metres east-west, bounded by a bank and outer ditch. The monument was levelled around 1965, leaving only a barely visible outline in the grassland on the southeast-facing slope.

In grassland on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views from SE through S to W, higher ground N. Barely visible outline of a circular enclosure (approx. diam. 35m E-W). A sketch plan and sections of the monument drawn in 1954 show a roughly circular area (overall dims. 150ft [c. 46m] N-S; 158ft [c. 48m] E-W) enclosed by a bank and outer fosse (OS Field Memorandums). Monument was levelled c. 1965 (Cahill 1982). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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