What is recorded here
Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A well-preserved circular flat-topped mound (H 1m; top diam. 7.8m) enclosed by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.5m) with no surviving evidence of an external bank. Laneway to N destroys enclosing fosse.
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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