What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff (Ardcrony parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff (Ardcrony parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-east-facing hill slope beside another ringfort to the south-west. A 2.5-metre-wide bank and a 4-metre-wide external ditch mark a roughly circular area, though the ditch is less visible on the east side. Road-widening debris has filled part of the southern ditch, and a possible 1.5-metre-wide causewayed entrance appears in the south-west quadrant.

Situated on the NE-facing slope of a hill with a nearby ringfort (TN015-016) immediately to the SW. A roughly circular area defined by a bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.25, ext. H 1.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.6m) which is less visible at E. A road runs NE-SW to the E of the site and in the S sector debris from road widening has been pushed into the fosse. Possible causewayed entrance (Wth 1.5m) in the SW quadrant. 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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