What is recorded here

Lissava is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissava, County Tipperary, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure measures 38.8 metres north to south and 43.8 metres east to west on ground sloping gently eastward beneath a western hill brow. A broad bank with a crest 6.7 metres wide and a base 9.7 metres wide rises 1.9 metres externally. A flat-bottomed ditch 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre deep also defines the enclosure; it is best preserved on the west side and infilled from east to southeast. A causeway 7 metres wide crosses the west quadrant.

On ground sloping gently to the E in undulating terrain, just below brow of hill to W. Under pasture. Roughly circular enclosure (diam. 38.8m N-S; 43.8m E-W) defined by a broad bank (Wth 6.7m crest, 9.7m base; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.9m) sloping very gently towards the concave interior and wide, deep, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 1m). Scratching post has been erected near the centre of the interior. There is a causeway (Wth 7m) in the W quadrant. The inner face of the bank has been slightly eroded by cattle in the S quadrant. From E-SE the fosse has been infilled. The fosse is best preserved on the W side. There is evidence of lazy beds in the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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