Moated site in Ballycrana, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating terrain under pasture. A moated site (dims. 59m NE-SW; 54.9m NW-SE) with round-topped bank (Wth 2.7-4.3m; int. H 0.3-0.73m; ext. H 1.74-2.06m), fosse (Wth 2.1-2.4m; D 1.1-2.86m) and ext. bank (Wth 4.5-5.9m; ext. H 0.6m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 4.7m) at the NE end of the NW side. The outer bank is reduced in height at the N angle. There are two cattle gaps on the NW side and one on the SE side. The SE side the outer bank is reduced to scarp.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS073-004

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