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Redcity Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Redcity Fort
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Redcity Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Redcity, Commons (Fethard parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. Its circular area measures 32 metres north to south and 30 metres east to west, enclosed by a 14-metre-wide earthen bank. A 7-metre causewayed entrance opens at northeast. The source records an infilled external ditch from west-southwest to west and an external bank from west through north to east. That bank may continue as a field boundary from east through south to west-southwest, but its west-southwest-to-west stretch is removed.
In pasture, on a NE-facing slope. Panoramic views WSW-N-SE including Fethard to NE. Circular area (dims. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by well formed and preserved earthen bank (Wth 14m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 2.4m) covered by dense growth of furze bushes. External fosse (Wth 9m; D 0.25m) is in-filled (L 6m) WSW-W. External bank (Wth 7m; int. H 1.0m; ext. H 0.75m) W-N-E is possibly incorporated into field boundary E-S-WSW and is removed (L 6m) WSW-W. Causewayed entrance (Wth 7m) at NE. Ringfort (TS070-068----) located 150m to WSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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