What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Whitefort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Whitefort, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure measures 26 metres north to south and 24.7 metres east to west on a west-facing slope. It preserves an earth and stone bank 2.6 metres wide, a fosse 5 metres wide and 0.77 metres deep, and a possible outer bank 2.2 metres wide. Quarrying has reached the outer face of the bank and extends into the interior at the north, where upcast forms a bank around the quarry edge.

Situated on a W-facing slope in undulating terrain, under pasture. The site is very badly damaged, the area around the base has been quarried and this has extended up to the outer face of the bank. At N the quarry extends into the interior with upcast forming bank around the quarry edge. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. 26m N-S; 24.7m E-W) defined by earth and stone bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.64m; ext. H 2m), a fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.77m) and a possible outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 1.1m). 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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