
What is recorded here
Situated on a NE-facing slope just off the crest of a small hillock. The land drops immediately NE of the site down towards the River Nore which is c. 100m distant. Not indicated on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map but indicated as a hachured enclosure on the 1904 ed. According to Stout (1984, 73) the site was levelled in the 1970s. Not visible at ground level.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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