What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisfunshion is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisfunshion, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular area 32.5 metres north to south and 31.8 metres east to west on an east-facing slope just off the crest of a ridge. A low, flat earthen bank encloses the site, with a 4.4-metre-wide entrance in the east quadrant. The north quadrant bank is reduced to a 1.16-metre-high scarp, while brambles grow on the bank in the north and south sectors.

On E-facing slope, just off the crest of ridge, in undulating pastureland. Circular area (diam. 32.5m N-S; 31.8m E-W) enclosed by a low, flat, earthen bank (Wth 2.4m crest, 6.4m base; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) which appears to have been flattened. Entrance (Wth 4.4m) in E quadrant. A field boundary, running N-S, abutts the W quadrant and a field bank augments the bank in the NW and SW quadrants. The N quadrant bank is reduced to scarp (H 1.16m). There are brambles growing on the bank in the N and S sectors. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 November 2013

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