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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Galbooly,shanacloon (galbooly Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated at the edge of the Poulaneigh River which skirts the N and E edges of the site. Another stream runs up to the SW edge. A roughly circular area (diam. 28.4m NNW-SSE ) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 1.08m; ext. H 2.22m) with a steep drop to the river at N and E. There are cattle breaks in the bank at ESE, SE and NNW (Wth 1.4m). The S half of the site is covered in dense scrub. 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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