Enclosure in Monalumpera, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In flat poorly drained land with the River Suir flowing 40m to the N. There is a possible ringfort (TS052-007----) c. 60m to the SSE and a moated site (TS052-006----) 280m to the SW. There are good views in all directions. Identified on satellite imagery (OS Ortho, viewed 23 November 2011) as a roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 30m N-S, c. 27m E-W) defined by a denuded earthen bank. See attached satellite image.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS052-077

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