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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisheen (moyne Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisheen (Moyne parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisheen (Moyne parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a hillock in undulating countryside, with two other ringforts nearby to the northeast and southwest. A circular area 26 metres across from east to west is enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank 2 metres wide, 0.3 metres high inside and 0.4 metres high outside, with traces of a shallow ditch. No clear entrance is visible, and the bank is best preserved from south through west to north, where it survives as a field fence.
Situated on a hillock in undulating countryside with nearby ringforts (TN036-003, TN036-009) to the NE and SW respectively. A circular area (diam. 26m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) with traces of a shallow fosse. No clear entrance feature visible. The bank is best preserved from S through W to N where it survives as a field fence. 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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