What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Stangs is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Stangs, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture in undulating countryside as a 30.5-metre circular area aligned north-east to south-west. An earthen bank, mainly reduced to a scarp, encloses the area beside a shallow external fosse that is best preserved at the south-east. A 4-metre entrance gap opens at the north-west.

Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. A raised circular area (diam. 30.5m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.75m) mainly reduced to a scarp with a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m) best preserved at SE. Entrance gap (Wth 4m) at NW. 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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