Enclosure in Derrycallaghan, 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 N-facing slope of poorly drained ground in an upland area. A roughly circular area (diam. 34m) defined by a poorly preserved scarp (H 0.5m) from W to N only; elsewhere it has been destroyed. Not indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map and may be related to a natural well and field drain located immediately to the W 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 TN022-006

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