What is recorded here

Enclosure in Lisbunny is an enclosure in Lisbunny, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular enclosure spans about 30 metres and is defined by a 4-metre-wide ditch visible as a cropmark in satellite imagery. It sits 55 metres west of the Ollatrim River, 94 metres south of Lisbunny hall-house and 80 metres east of Lisbunny medieval church and graveyard.

The Ollatrim River flows roughly E-W c. 55m to the E. Lisbunny hall-house (TN021-030001-) lies c. 94m to the N and Lisbunny medieval church (TN021-029001-) and graveyard (TN021-029002-) lies c. 80m to the W. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 4m) which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 28 October 2022, ©2024 Maxar Technologies and Tailte Éireann, imagery date 2013 to 2018 MapGenie), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

A circular earthen enclosure in Lisbunny, likely an early-medieval ringfort (rath), situated near a medieval church and hall-house, suggesting a long-standing settlement. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and they were often believed to be inhabited by supernatural beings or linked to otherworldly realms.

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