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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismaline

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismaline is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismaline, County Tipperary, Ireland. The site occupies a gently sloping north-east face of rising ground in undulating countryside. A bank encloses a circular area 35 metres wide from east to west, reaching its best preservation at the west and leaving a probable destroyed entrance gap 8 metres wide at the north-east. No ditch is visible anywhere around the enclosure.
Situated on a gently sloping NE face of rising ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 35m E-W) enclosed by a bank, best preserved at W with a probable destroyed entrance gap (Wth 8m) at NE. No visible trace of a fosse. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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