What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lackenavorna is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackenavorna, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the brow of a hill sloping to the southwest in pasture. A univallate bank surrounds a roughly circular area measuring 24.4 metres north-south and 28 metres east-west, while a shallow ditch is visible only in the southeast quadrant. A 1.7-metre-wide entrance opens in the southeast sector, and a field boundary wall runs concentric to the site from west to northwest.
Situated on the brow of a hill, sloping to the SW, in undulating terrain, in pasture. A univallate ringfort consisting of a roughly circular area (diam. 24.4m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.57m; ext. H 1m) and shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) only visible in the SE quadrant. Entrance (Wth 1.7m) in the SE sector. A field boundary wall runs concentric to the site from W to NW.
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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