What is recorded here

Lismore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barbaha, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a steep-sloping south-east face of rising ground in an upland area. A well-preserved earth and stone bank, 2.5 to 3.5 metres wide and 2 to 5 metres high at the north, encloses a circular area 34 metres across east to west. A deep narrow fosse, 2 metres wide, is visible from the south through the west to the north, while the interior slopes steeply from north-west to south-east.

Situated on a steep-sloping SE face of rising ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 34m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 2m; ext. H 2-5m at N) with a deep narrow fosse (Wth 2m) visible from S through W to N. The interior slopes steeply from NW to SE and there is a causewayed entrance (Wth 2.2m) at ESE. 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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