Enclosure in Cooleeny, County Tipperary

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 12.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.85m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.4m) with no entrance feature visible. Top soil has been removed from the surface of the bank revealing large amounts of stone in the bank construction. 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 TN036-031

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