Earthwork in Bellgrove, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on demesne land on the SW-facing slope of a low hill in undulating countryside, 213m SE of Bellgrove House. Depicted as a circular platform-type earthwork the interior of which was planted with trees on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map, not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. May have been a tree-ring associated with the landscaping undertaken by the opccupants of Bellgrove House. Not visible at ground level. 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 TN010-033

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