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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liss

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated just below the brow of a hill on a NW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a possible hillfort (TN034-070) to the SE. A circular area (diam. 31m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m-1m; ext. H 1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25m) with no entrance feature visible. External drystone wall-facing of the bank is visible at E only. A possible nineteenth-century landscape feature associated with a nearby house. 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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