What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in gently undulating pastureland, in a reclaimed field. Indicated as an irregular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map. A roughly triangular-shaped enclosure (33.5m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a wide, flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m crest; 3.9m base; int. H 0.52m; ext. H 0.26m) best preserved in the SW corner and along the S side. The interior is obscured by vegetation and no burials are evident.
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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