Battery

Situated on a hillock in between two steep-sided ravines in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the S. A raised oval-shaped area (diam. 25m E-W; 18m N-S; H 3m) enclosed by a roughly coursed mortared wall (T 1.5m; H 1m) from E through S to W with a scarp elsewhere, a wide waterlogged outer fosse (Wth 3-4m) and an external bank (Wth 2m; H 1.5m) visible on E and W sides only. The ravines form natural defences at N and S. Drystone wall-facing is visible on the inner face of the outer bank at W only. This is a highly defensive site which may be an early medieval earthwork with a superimposed seventeenth-century artillery fortification. Designated as 'Battery' on all editions of the OS 6-inch map. 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

A local castle; wider significance not recorded.