What is recorded here
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a steep-sided ravine with a river below. A raised circular area (diam.25.65m NW-SE; 29.45m NE- SW) enclosed by well-preserved flat-topped bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2m) reduced to a scarp at SE where the ravine forms a natural defence and a wide external fosse (Wth 3.5-5m; D 0.8m). No clear entrance feature visible - a gap in the bank (Wth 2m) at N may be the original entrance feature. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a steep-sided ravine with a river below. A raised circular area (diam.25.65m NW-SE; 29.45m NE- SW) enclosed by well-preserved flat-topped bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2m) reduced to a scarp at SE where the ravine forms a natural defence and a wide external fosse (Wth 3.5-5m; D 0.8m). No clear entrance feature visible - a gap in the bank (Wth 2m) at…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN031-062
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