What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Reisk is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Reisk, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its circular area measures 34.5 metres north to south and 33 metres east to west. A low bank, U-shaped ditch and outer bank define the denuded bivallate site. The source records a possible widened entrance about 2.5 metres wide in the northeast and says the outer bank is not apparent there, probably because of the adjacent northwest-southeast field boundary.

Situated on a slight break in a S-facing slope in pasture. A denuded bivallate ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 34.5m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a low bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.13m; ext. H 1m), a U-shaped fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.43m) and outer bank (Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.38m). Possible entrance in NE quadrant (Wth c. 2.5m) which appears to have been widened. The outer bank is not apparent along the NE quadrant - probably disturbed by adjacent NW-SE field boundary. 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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