Enclosure in Coolcroo, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a low rise of rock outcrop in slightly undulating countryside. A poorly preserved site comprising of a circular area (diam. 25m NW- SE) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) with a possible destroyed entrance gap at W. A silage pit is located immediately S of the site. 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 TN042-051

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Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Martin Richard Phelan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Moycarkey-Borris GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.moycarkeyborris.com
Maker not stated on source page, victorianweb.org
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie

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