Enclosure in Redcity, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Panoramic views SSW-N-SSE including Fethard. Circular area (dims. 31m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by remains of low earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m) SSE-W-NNW. Bank covered in furze and eroded intermittently by cattle. Trace of levelled bank NNW-E-SSE. External fosse (basal Wth 2m; overall Wth 8.5m; D 0.25m) SSE-NNW. Interior slopes down gently to N with prevalent slope and is incorporated into rest of field as pasture. Field boundary depicted on latest edition OS six-inch map to E and S removed. Ringfort (TS070-069----) located 150m to ENE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS070-068

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Picture: Fethard Horse Country Experience
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Fethard GAC official website; photographer not named, fethardgac.ie

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