What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigeen (Lisbunny parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigeen (Lisbunny parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a northeast-facing slope in pastureland, forming a roughly circular area 30.5 metres north-south and 28.7 metres east-west. An earth and stone bank 3.6 metres wide surrounds this space, rising 0.58 metres internally and 1.1 metres externally, with no visible external ditch. Cattle erosion and rabbit burrows disturb the bank at the east and northeast.

Situated on a NE-facing slope in pastureland. A roughly circular area (diam. 30.5m N-S; 28.7m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.58m; ext. H 1.1m) with no visible external fosse. The bank is disturbed at E and NE by cattle erosion and rabbit burrows. 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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