What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathurles is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its roughly circular area measures 28.4 metres north-south and 31 metres east-west on a northeast-facing pasture slope. A 4-metre earthen bank encloses it and is levelled at the north and east. The 2002 inventory records no visible entrance feature and says mature beech trees on the bank suggested later reuse as a tree-ring.

Situated on a NE-facing slope in rolling pastureland. A roughly circular area (diam. 28.4m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. and ext. H 1.13), levelled at N and E. No entrance feature visible. Mature beech trees on the bank suggest reuse as a tree-ring. 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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