Barrow in Moanfin, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Located at the base of a SW-facing slope on slightly undulating ground in pasture. Depicted on the 1954-5 OS 6-inch revision as an irregular hollow. A roughly circular area (diam. 33.5m E-W), the S portion being truncated by a road on a NW-SE axis. The site is defined by an internal scarp (H 1.19m), a fosse (Wth 7.5m; D 1.24m) and an earthen outer bank (Wth 3.9m; ext. H 0.78m). There is a causeway in the NE quadrant. Old field banks abut the NW sector. The site is damaged by uprooted trees and cattle poaching. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN021-011

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