What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisvarrinane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisvarrinane, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2011 source places its roughly 28.8-metre east-west circular area on a gradual south-facing slope below Slievenamuck mountain. A field boundary crosses the northern quadrant, where the account records a 3.45-metre bank and external ditch. The larger southern portion had been levelled around 1970, but the source recorded a 0.13-metre scarp and faint outer ditch still defining its outline.

On a gradual S-facing slope, Slievenamuck mountain rises to the N. A field boundary running E-W transects the N quadrant of the ringfort, the area S of the field boundary is under tillage, while that N of the boundary is heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles. A roughly circular ringfort (diam. 28.8m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 3.45m; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.32m) and ext. fosse (Wth 0.8m; D 0.42m) in the N quadrant. The larger portion of the ringfort, S of the field boundary, was levelled c. 1970, though the outline is still visibly defined by scarp (H 0.13m) and a faint external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.07m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Lisvarrinane, likely dating to the early medieval period, is situated on a south-facing slope near Slievenamuck mountain. Local folklore may associate it with supernatural or otherworldly beings, as is common with such sites in Irish tradition.

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