
What is recorded here
Situated on flat poorly drained land at the W edge of a bog. A circular enclosure which shows up on an aerial photograph taken in 1970 (CUCAP, BDL 79) and is also depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1843 ed. OS 6-inch map. Also a bivallate circular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, BDL 79; GSIAP, R202). Neither site is visible at ground level.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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