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On natural spur surrounded by the Glenbower River to N and W and by main Clonmel to Callen road to E. Very heavily overgrown with brambles and interior planted with conifers. Defined by scarp (H 2.8m). Interior not accessible (diam. 38m N-S; 56m NE-SE from 25-inch OS map). E edge of monument was truncated by a…
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On natural spur surrounded by the Glenbower River to N and W and by main Clonmel to Callen road to E. Very heavily overgrown with brambles and interior planted with conifers. Defined by scarp (H 2.8m). Interior not accessible (diam. 38m N-S; 56m NE-SE from 25-inch OS map). E edge of monument was truncated by a realignment of the adjacent road. According to Power (1908, 197) this possible ringwork was called 'An Dun -"The Fort"; a natural mound by the roadside, crowned by vestiges of what appears to have been an earthwork of the Rath type'. The location of this earthwork by a routeway through a pass and the defensive nature of its topography would suggest that this is a medieval earthwork castle.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS078-021
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- MPF, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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