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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowkeale (kilvellane Par.),derryleigh,kilnacappagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN037-006) to the N. A raised semicircular area (diam. 22m N-S) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.75m). Only the W half of the site survives because it is intersected by a modern road at E on a N-S axis. The inner bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m) is best preserved at S with traces of the outer bank also visible at S. No entrance feature visible. 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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