What is recorded here
Situated in wooded area on the W side of a steep ravine in an upland area overlooking a river below with Burgesbeg medieval church (TN025-038001-) and graveyard (TN025-038003-) 160m to the E. The river marks the W boundary of the parish of Burgesbeg. A medieval watermill (TN025-039----) was located along the river 300m to the S of the motte. Present remains consists of a steep-sided flat-topped circular-shaped mound (H 3m at E; 6m at W; top diam. 14.6m N-S; 15.1m E-W) with a wide fosse (Wth 3m) at base that is visible at NW only; elsewhere it has been filled in with evidence of an external earth and stone bank well faced with stone in places. No evidence for an adjoining bailey area. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
Situated in wooded area on the W side of a steep ravine in an upland area overlooking a river below with Burgesbeg medieval church (TN025-038001-) and graveyard (TN025-038003-) 160m to the E. The river marks the W boundary of the parish of Burgesbeg. A medieval watermill (TN025-039----) was located along the river 300m to the S of the motte. Present remains consists of a steep-sided flat-topped circular-shaped…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN025-037
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- P L Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Discover Lough Derg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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