What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismacrory is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismacrory, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a north-facing slope just below a hill summit, where a raised circular area measures 40 metres east to west. An earth and stone bank and external ditch enclose it, with a 4-metre-wide causewayed entrance at the south. The bank and ditch are destroyed at the north, and field clearance debris is dumped along the bank from west to north. The heavily overgrown interior is raised at the north to counteract the natural slope, and slight evidence of a possible second bank survives only at the west.

Situated just below the summit of a hill on a N-facing slope of rising ground with two barrows (TN008-021, TN008-022) visible to the NE at the base of the hill. A raised circular area (diam. 40m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 3-4m) and external fosse (Wth 3-4m) with a causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at S. The enclosing bank and external fosse are destroyed at N with field clearance debris dumped along the bank from W to N. There is slight evidence of a possible second bank at W only. The interior of the site is heavily overgrown making examination difficult. The N sector of the site is raised to counteract the natural slope of the ground. 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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