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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdonowley

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdonowley is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisdonowley, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory records a heavily overgrown site on a south-facing slope just below a low hillock's summit. An earth and stone bank 1.8 metres wide encloses a raised circular area measuring 28 metres east-west and stands 0.6 metres high internally and 1.7 metres externally. An outer ditch measures 3 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep. The same account says no clear entrance feature was visible.
Situated just below the summit of a low hillock on a S-facing slope in undulating countryside. A heavily overgrown site consisting of a raised circular area (diam. 28m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m) with no clear entrance feature visible. 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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