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Lisnagry

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Lisnagry is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curraghaviller, Ryninch Upper, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular area measuring 27.5 metres north-south and 25.7 metres east-west on a south-east-facing slope. An earthen bank 2.4 metres wide and 2 metres high externally encloses the site, while an external ditch 1.5 metres wide surrounds the bank. A possible entrance gap 1.5 metres wide opens at the north-west, and a road cuts through the ditch at the east.
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous area. This ringfort, separated by a berm (Wth 8m) from a larger ringfort to the SE, (TN019-039001) consists of a circular area (diam. 27.5m N-S; 25.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m) and external fosse (Wth 1.5m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at NW. A road intersects the fosse at E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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