Lisheennaspiddoge

Situated on a SW-facing slope in pastureland. A raised circular area (diam. 38m NE-SW) defined by a denuded earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.8m). The site is partially damaged by bull-dozer activity, particularly at E. Scrub growing around the edge of the site has been bull-dozed into the fosse. The interior, sloping to SW, is overgrown with scrub at N and E. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the NE quadrant, though the gap is quite narrow and the corresponding causeway may be the result of more recent backfilling. A field bank and ditch, on a NE-SW axis, abuts the fosse at SW. 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

Lisheennaspiddoge, Ballygasheen is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a circular raised area with a denuded earth and stone bank and an outer fosse. Local tradition may associate such sites with fairy lore, as many ringforts in Ireland were later believed to be entrances to the Otherworld or homes of the fairies.