What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ross (Dorrha parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ross (Dorrha parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-east-facing slope below a ridge top, with a destroyed enclosure to the west. The circular area is 55 metres north-south, enclosed by a 3-metre-wide earth and stone bank and a 3.3-metre-wide external fosse 1.5 metres deep. A possible 7-metre-wide ramped entrance at the south appears widened by agricultural activity.

Situated on a NE-facing slope of rising ground just below the top of a ridge in an upland area with a destroyed enclosure (TN005-011) to the W. A large circular area (diam. 55m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank ( Wth 3m; ext. H 1.5-4m) and a wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 1.5m) with a possible ramped entrance (Wth 7m) at S which appears to have been widened by agricultural activity. 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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