What is recorded here

Lisheen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyphilip (Kilmore parish, North Riding), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the top of a natural hillock in an upland area, where a circular space roughly 21 metres across from north to south is enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The bank measures 1.5 metres wide, rises 0.5 metres internally and 0.8 metres externally, and shows traces of a shallow external ditch 1.5 metres wide. No entrance feature is visible, while a modern field fence cuts across the site on a northwest to southeast axis and natural rock protrudes from the interior and bank surface.

Situated on top of a natural hillock in an upland area. A circular area (diam. approx. 21m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) with traces of a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m). No entrance feature visible. A modern field fence bisects the site on a NW-SE axis. Natural rock outcrop protrudes from the interior and surface of the enclosing bank. 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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