What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ryninch Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ryninch Upper, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its 35-metre north-south circular area occupies a southwest-facing upland slope overlooking Lough Derg. An earth-and-stone bank encloses it with slight traces of a shallow outer ditch. The 2002 inventory records no visible entrance feature and notes rock outcrop in the northern sector of the sloping interior.

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking Lough Derg. A circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) with slight traces of a shallow external fosse. No entrance feature visible. The interior follows the natural slope of the ground with rock outcrop protruding in the N sector. 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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