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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghonan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope in rolling pastureland. Depicted on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure, the site is now levelled with no visible trace at groung level. It was described in 1955 as a circular area (diam. 28.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H 1.5m) with slight traces of an external ditch (OPW files, 6.10.1955). 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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