What is recorded here
On a lower S-facing slope towards the foot of Slievenamuck mountain, surrounded by young forestry and c. 50m below a metalled forestry road. The area is heavily overgrown with brambles and scrub. According to a Coillte report this is a possible archaeological monument consisting of 'a field enclosure with a well defined earthen bank'. The area was replanted c. 1997/8 after clearfelling, however a buffer zone of 15m was to be left around the possible enclosure. The enclosure was not accessible at time of inspection due to the heavy overgrowth.
On a lower S-facing slope towards the foot of Slievenamuck mountain, surrounded by young forestry and c. 50m below a metalled forestry road. The area is heavily overgrown with brambles and scrub. According to a Coillte report this is a possible archaeological monument consisting of 'a field enclosure with a well defined earthen bank'. The area was replanted c. 1997/8 after clearfelling, however a buffer zone of…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS073-028
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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Ballycrehane HouseHouse · 978 yd
Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartChurch/chapel · 1203 ydBansha ForestForest · 1410 yd
SlievenamuckMountain / peak · 1660 yd
Glen of AherlowViewpoint · 2.1 mi
Christ the KingViewpoint · 2.1 mi
Lough CurraWalking route · 2.5 mi
The RockViewpoint · 2.7 mi
CushMountain / peak · 3.3 mi
The Maid of ErinMemorial · 4.3 mi
European ash6.5 miMore archaeology and monuments in County Tipperary · All of County Tipperary
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