Castle in Shevry, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a break in the SE-facing lower slope of a hill in undulating pasture. A roughly rectangular earthen mound (H 2.15m; base dims. 21m x 15.5m; top dims. 15.5m x 10.3m) which tapers towards the NE side with a deep central depression (D 1.23m). The mound is fairly steep-sided, particularly along the SW side and at the NW corner. It is badly disturbed by quarrying in the centre. No outer fosse or defences visible. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN039-010

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