
What is recorded here
Situated on a NE-facing slope in undulating terrain with a ringfort (TN047-065) to the NW and an enclosure (TN047-067) to the SW. The semicircular outline of an enclosure visible as a crop-mark on an aerial photograph taken in 1965 (CUCAP, ALV 60), appears to have been the N half of a formerly circular site. 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
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
Places near here
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Saint Peter's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1089 yd
Gift Horse GalleryGallery · 1363 yd
Enclosure in Curraheen (ballymurreen Par.)Enclosure · 1.1 mi
Black FortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.2 mi
Horse and JockeyVisitor information · 1.6 mi
Killough Hill (site of)Mountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Gobban Saer's GraveArchaeological place · 2.9 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 3.2 mi
Wildlife CorridorWood · 3.2 miOther information
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