What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnagaul is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnagaul, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a grass-covered circular area 31.2 metres north to south and 32 metres east to west on a gentle south-facing slope at the foot of Slievenamuck. A bank largely reduced to a scarp defines the enclosure, with an external ditch 1.7 to 2.4 metres wide and 0.15 to 0.7 metres deep outside it. A north-south field boundary slightly truncates or incorporates the bank in the west quadrant, while a heavier bank segment survives from southeast through south to southwest.

On a gentle S-facing slope at the foot of Slievenamuck, in the Glen of Aherlow, under pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. 31.2m N-S; 32m E-W to field boundary) with a N-S field boundary slightly truncating or incorporating the bank in the W quadrant. This grass-covered monument is defined by a bank largely reduced to scarp (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.21m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.7-2.4m; D 0.15-0.7m). Bank (Wth 7.8m; int. H 0.07m; ext. H 1.3m) evident in SE-S-SW quadrant. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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