Earthwork in Killanigan, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside with a nearby enclosure (TN035-022) to the NE. Depicted as a small circular enclosure on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. 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 TN035-021

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Loughmore-Castleiney GAA / Tipperary GAA club profile; aerial photographer not named, tipperary.gaa.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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