What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Slainstown North is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Slainstown North, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular site spans 49.4 metres on a north-northwest to south-southeast axis, though heavy scrub and brambles in the south-east and south-west quadrants prevent other diameter measurements. It presents a 5.8-metre-wide earthen bank with internal and external heights of 1.55 and 2.1 to 2.8 metres, alongside a 2.6-metre-wide, 1.77-metre-deep fosse that shallows to 0.3 metres on the downslope east and south sides. A possible 3-metre-wide entrance occupies the south-east quadrant, but a stone pier at its south end suggests a later east-west trackway rather than an original opening.

On a SE-facing slope in undulating terrain, in pasture. Holy well (TS062-121002-) located in SE quadrant of ringfort at base of ext. face of bank. Roughly circular monument (diam. 49.4m NW-SE; no other diam. obtainable as the SE and SW quadrants are heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 1.55m; ext. H 2.1-2.8m) and fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 1.77m), the fosse becomes very shallow downslope to the E and S (Wth 1.6m; D 0.3m). In the S quadrant the fosse has been recut to form a channel. Trees growing around the bank which has numerous burrows. Possible causewayed entrance in SE quadrant (Wth 3m), though this may be a later featurer as there is a stone pier at its S end with a corresponding pier to S indicating a former trackway running roughly E-W along SE quadrant of the ringfort. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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