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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilballyhemikin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on ground sloping to the SW in undulating hilly terrain in pasture with a possible standing stone (TN023-067) on a break of slope 87m to the N. A large circular enclosure (diam. 46m N-S; 45m E-W) delimited by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1.38m; ext. H 2m) and an outer wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.75m). There is a gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at NW. The interior slopes to the SW in the NE quadrant and then levels out. 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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