What is recorded here
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 23m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 1m max.; ext. H 1.5m) with traces of a shallow external fosse. A modern road bisects the ringfort on a NW-SE axis and there is a possible causewayed entrance at SE where the road intersects the bank.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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