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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barnalisheen, Lisheen (Moyne parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnalisheen, Lisheen (Moyne parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an irregular area 23 metres across from northeast to southwest, enclosed by an earth and stone bank 1.8 metres wide and an outer ditch 2.5 metres wide. A possible entrance gap 4 metres wide opens at the north, while another ringfort lies to the southwest.
Situated just below the summit of a hillock on a NE-facing slope in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN036-002) to the SW. An irregular-shaped area (diam. NE-SW 23m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.5m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at N.
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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