Enclosure in Mountalt, County Tipperary

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Situated on level ground on the top of a low hill sloping to the NW, in undulating countryside. Depicted as a circular enclosure on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 465/6). The field boundary which extended E-W along the S sector of the site has been removed. Not visible at ground level. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN040-020

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Upperchurch Drombane GAA / Tipperary GAA club profile; aerial photographer not named, tipperary.gaa.ie

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