Enclosure TN017-059---- in Dangansallagh

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What is recorded here

Situated in gently undulating terrain, in fairly wet, reclaimed pasture. A river flows c. 20m to the E of the site on fairly level ground. Marked as a circular enclosure with trees in the interior, possibly a tree-ring, on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map. Site clearly visible as a raised circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 29.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.46m) and a narrow, shallow fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.14m). 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 TN017-059

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Tipperary GAA, official Club Focus: Clonakenny article; individual photographer not named, tipperary.gaa.ie
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