Enclosure in Stephenstownbeg, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a very gentle E-facing slope. Slight visible surface trace of raised (H 0.25m) roughly circular area (dims. 28m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by very gentle depression which probably represents an infilled fosse (Wth 6.25m; D 0.05m) SW-N-SE. Incorporated into rest of field as pasture. Identified as a roughly circular cropmark on aerial photograph (GSI S.657/6 16 April 1974). Enclosure (TS069-012----) located 285m to WSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS069-074

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