What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnamoe is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnamoe, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a rise in undulating pastureland. The 2008 source account records the former ditch through darker grass growth at the western base of the rise and a slight depression in the northeast quadrant, with no other visible trace at ground level.
Situated on a rise of ground in undulating pastureland. The former fosse of this site is indicated by darker grass growth at the base of a rise at W and in a slight depression in the NE quadrant. Otherwise not visible at ground level.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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