What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rahone is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rahone, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies undulating ground sloping north and holds a circular area 20.5 metres wide from north to south. An earth and stone bank 3 metres wide, 0.6 metres high internally and 0.96 metres high externally, surrounds the site, while a separate external fosse about 3 metres wide lies outside that bank. Scrub covers the interior, a field boundary of earth and stone skirts the north edge, and the bank is quite denuded in places.

Situated on undulating ground sloping to the N. A circular area (diam. 20.5m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.96m), quite denuded in places, and an external fosse (Wth c. 3m) which is very overgrown. The interior is covered in scrub. A field boundary of earth and stone skirts the N edge of the site. 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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