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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. An irregular, roughly D-shaped enclosure (diam. 47m N-S; 42.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 1.86; ext. H 2m), flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1.8m) and outer bank (Wth 2.3m; ext. H 0.64m). The bank at the straight SE side has been levelled but is visible as differential grass growth. At NE the bank has been levelled and quarried into but the fosse and outer bank appear as grass-marks. Field boundaries abut the outer bank at W and SW. 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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