What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Roesborough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roesborough, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its oval area measures 26 metres north to south and 28 metres east to west. A bank and scarp define it, with a possible 1.75-metre western entrance and an 8-metre-wide ditch. The 2011 source also records remains of a low outer bank in three separate arcs, from southeast to southwest, north-northwest to north and north-northeast to east-northeast.

In undulating pasture, on slightly higher area of field. Oval area (dims. 26m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) NW-E-SSW and scarp (Wth 2.7m; H 1.4m) SSW-NW; Possible entrance (Wth 1.75m) at W. Bank has occasional cattle breaches (Wth c. 1-1.5m) and is denuded SSE-SSW. Fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.25m). Remains of low profile outer bank (Wth 7m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.2m) traceable SE-SW and NNW-N and NNE-ENE. Interior has a general slope to E and is covered in tussocks of grass; Depression within is defined S-W-NE; Linear feature (long-axis E-W; L c. 2m; Wth 1.35m; D 0.25m) in W sector may be associated with possible entrance. Low, saddle like area to WSW between monument and pond. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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