What is recorded here

Enclosure in Gurteen (Ballingarry parish, North Riding) is an enclosure in Gurteen (Ballingarry parish, North Riding), County Tipperary, Ireland. The site sits on high ground with extensive views in undulating countryside. Poorly preserved remains include a straight-sided north bank one metre wide, 0.6 metres high and 35 metres long, built of earth and stone. An external ditch three and a half metres wide and 0.3 metres deep is visible at the north only.

Situated on high ground with extensive views in undulating countryside. The poorly preserved remains of a partially destroyed D-shaped enclosure consisting of a straight-sided N bank (Wth 1m; H 0.6m; L 35m) of earth and stone construction and an external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) visible at N only. No other features visible. May be associated with the ruins of the nineteenth-century farmhouse complex located immediately to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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