What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnageenly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnageenly, County Tipperary, Ireland. Its raised 26-metre north-south circular area occupies the north-facing slope of an east-west upland ridge. A scarp 0.8 metres high defines it. The 2002 inventory records a shallow 1.5-metre external ditch best visible at northwest, no visible entrance feature and another ringfort to the southwest.
Situated on the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN026-067) to the SW. A raised circular area (diam. 26m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m) best visible at NW. No entrance feature visible.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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