What is recorded here
Enclosure in Ballinulty is an enclosure in Ballinulty, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a roughly rectangular, slightly raised area defined by a low broad earthen scarp, with the external bank of the nearby rath forming its northwestern edge. The scarp is best preserved from the southwest to the northwest, while no clear enclosing element is visible at ground level from the northeast to the southeast.
On a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture with ringfort (TS058-051001-) immediately to the N. This enclosure could be the remains of a small field or an enclosure associated with the ringfort. Roughly rectangular slightly raised area (dims. 32mm N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a low broad earthen scarp (overall Wth c. 50m; ext. H 0.2-0.55m). The scarp defines the area SE-NW and is best preserved SW-NW being very low and irregular SE-SW. The area is defined by the external bank of the rath NW-NE and no clear enclosing element is visible at ground level NE-SE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior slopes slightly facing SE and is clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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