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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Nodstown is in County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2011 source places its 40-metre north-south by 38-metre east-west circular area in wet, poorly drained land. A low earthen bank and outer ditch enclose it, with the ditch recorded as best visible at south. The same account records no visible entrance feature and a named well 20 metres to the east.
In wet flat poorly drained land with good views in all directions, nearby named well 20m to E. Ringfort consists of a circular area (int. diam. 40m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank (top Wth 0.8m; base Wth 3m;int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse (base Wth 1.4m; top Wth 3.6m; ext. D 0.4m) best visible at S. No entrance feature visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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