Lissataggart, fairy fort in County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on the gentle NE-facing slope of a ridge in tillage. Depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map with only the E portion indicated on the subsequent 1954-5 revision. A circular site (diam. c. 36m) levelled except for the overgrown bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.58m; ext. H 0.4) at E, which has internal stone-facing. The remainder of the site is visible as a very subtle bank. Field clearance material, earth and wood, is dumped adjacent to the bank at E. No visible fosse or entrance feature. 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 TN021-064

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