What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdalleen AND Drummin, Tullowmacjames is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisdalleen AND Drummin, Tullowmacjames, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the west-facing slope of a low hillock in an undulating upland area. A roughly circular area 57 metres across from north to south is enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank. The bank is two metres wide, rises 0.5 metres internally and 1.2 metres externally, and acts as a field boundary from north through west to south.
Situated on the W-facing slope of a low hillock in an undulating upland area. The present remains consist of a roughly circular area (diam. 57m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) which acts as a field boundary from N through W to S. No clear entrance feature visible (Stout 1984, 71).
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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