Lisheen in Derrygareen, fairy fort in County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a SW slope of rising ground in a mountainous area. A circular area (diam. 25m N-S) enclosed by a well-preserved flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5-2m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 2.5m), intervening fosse and outer bank (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.5m), with entrance gap (Wth 1.2m) at SE. There is a small portable bullaun stone (TN037-032002) in the N sector of the ringfort. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN037-032001

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