Enclosure in Dovea Lower, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. Not visible at ground level. A possible ringfort reused as a tree-ring as indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. 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 TN035-063

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