What is recorded here

Rathduff is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathduff Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the flat crest of a low hill in undulating terrain beneath pasture, with a pond immediately to the north. A partially levelled circular enclosure measures 37 metres north to south and 36 metres east to west, defined by a low wide bank 2.2 metres across its crest and 7.8 metres across its base. The bank stands 0.45 metres high internally and 0.52 metres high externally, showing no break or outer ditch, while its northern section has been reduced to a 1.34 metre scarp.

On flat crest of low hill in undulating terrain, under pasture. Pond immediately to N. Circular enclosure (diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a low, wide bank (Wth 2.2m crest, 7.8m base; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.52m). Ringfort has been partially levelled. No evidence of break in bank or of an outer fosse. In the N quadrant the bank has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.34m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Rathduff Lower is a circular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, characterized by a low, wide bank and located on a hill crest near a pond. Local folklore, though not detailed in records, may associate such sites with fairy legends common in Irish tradition, where ringforts were sometimes believed to be entrances to the Otherworld.

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