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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular site measures 28 metres north-south and 30.5 metres east-west on the northeast-facing slope of a hill. An earth and stone bank, now mainly a 1.7-metre scarp, defines the enclosure, while a northwest-southeast road clips the southwest portion and a stone wall covers part of the bank. No outer ditch or entrance feature is visible.
Situated on the NE-facing slope of a hill in pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. 28m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.7m). A road running NW-SE clips the SW portion of the site and a stone wall at the edge of the road has been built on top of the bank. No outer fosse or 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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