What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rahinch is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rahinch, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture beside the Breagagh River, with a slightly raised circular area measuring 31 metres northwest to southeast. A 2.2-metre earth-and-stone bank, destroyed at east, and a 3-metre outer ditch enclose it. The source records no visible entrance feature.

Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside with the Breagagh River immediately to the SW. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 31m NW-SE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1-1.5m) destroyed at E and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) with 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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