What is recorded here
Situated on a NE-facing slope in gently rolling terrain, in pasture with the possible site of a tower house and bawn (TN017-067001/003) c. 42m to the NW. Identified as a large oval enclosure (c. 30m x 40m) on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 81/80). Not visible at ground level. Field boundaries S and E of this site have been levelled since the aerial photograph was taken.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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