Enclosure in Kilscobin, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In level pasture, with forestry to E and tillage to S, N and W. Sub-oval area (dims. 54m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by remains of scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 0.3m) SW-NE and levelled NE-SW. Fosse (overall Wth 6.7m; basal Wth 2.75m; D 0.3m) WSW-NE. Monument defined by trackway (long axis N-S) to E and field boundary SE-NE. Interior is generally level and poached by cattle. Gentle C-shaped depression (dims. 9m N-S; 8m E-W) open to E, is within centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS061-033

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