What is recorded here
Situated on undulating ground sloping to the N. A circular area (diam. 20.5m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.96m), quite denuded in places, and an external fosse (Wth c. 3m) which is very overgrown. The interior is covered in scrub. A field boundary of earth and stone skirts the N edge of the site.
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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