What is recorded here
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking a river to the SE. A raised circular area (diam. 41m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1-1.5m; ext. H 1.3m) and an external fosse best visible at N where the bank acts as a field boundary. The bank is best preserved from W through N to E. There is a possible causewayed entrance at SE where the bank has been reduced to a scarp.
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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