What is recorded here
Situated on the slight E-facing slope of a low hillock in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. A circular area (diam c. 60m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.7m) which only survives from N through E to S in the form of a field boundary - elsewhere it is reduced to a low scarp. No trace of a fosse or entrance feature.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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