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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the northeast-facing slope of a hill in pastureland, forming a circular area 24 metres north-south and 23.5 metres east-west. A 2.9-metre-wide bank, 1.25 metres high on both sides, surrounds the interior, while a separate external ditch 4.2 metres wide and 1.5 metres deep cuts the ground outside that bank. The interior slopes toward the northeast, where a 6-metre-wide entrance opens in the northeast quadrant.

Situated on the NE-facing slope of a hill in pastureland. A circular area (diam. 24m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.25m) and an external wide, flat-bottomed, deep fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 1.5m). The interior slopes to the NE and there is an entrance in the NE quadrant (Wth 6m). 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgarriff West is a circular early-medieval defensive or domestic site, characterized by a substantial bank and a deep, wide fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and they were often avoided or revered in rural folklore.

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