What is recorded here

Castle is a circular ringwork in Annesgift, County Tipperary, still standing beside the Clashawley river. Its wide clay bank, narrow fosse and outer ridge form a small defended chamber in low woodland, perhaps built for watchfulness, storage or local authority. People may have lived there, argued there or simply passed it without remembering. The stones remain quiet while the river keeps moving around them.

In low-lying terrain, immediately E of Clashawley river, in long strip of woodland. Channelised stream defines the edge of woodland to W. Raised circular enclosure (diam. 18.2m N-S and E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 7-12.8m; int. H 0.65-1.72m; ext. H 2.5-3.6m) and fosse (Wth 1.2-1.7m; D 0.54-1.28m) with outer bank (Wth 4.6m; ext. H 0.57m) from E-S-W. Monument appears to have been quarried into with upcast to N and S. Bank of gravelly clay and stone construction. Interior is overgrown with trees. Badger burrowing evident in S quadrant. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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