What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Park (Ballymackey parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Park (Ballymackey parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a natural hillock in undulating countryside, scarped into a roughly circular area measuring 41 metres from northwest to southeast. A poorly preserved earth and stone bank, mainly reduced to a one-to-two-metre scarp, defines the site from north through east to south, where it survives as a field fence; elsewhere the bank has been destroyed.

Situated in undulating countryside on a natural hillock which has been scarped to form a possible ringfort. Present remains consist of a roughly circular area (diam. NW-SE 41m) defined by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1-2m) from N through E to S where it survives as a field fence, elsewhere it has been destroyed. 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. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.