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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockanglass (ballymackey Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a NW-facing slope in pasture. A heavily overgrown site truncated at W by a field boundary. The present remains consist of a D-shaped area enclosed by a bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.25m) and external fosse (Wth 6.4m; H 1.36m) densely overgrown with scrub. No entrance feature visible. No diameters were obtainable. 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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