Enclosure in Ballylina West, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground with extensive views. A circular area (diam. 27m E-W) enclosed by a tree-lined bank (Wth 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.4m) visible from SW through W to N. No entrance feature or likely location for such a feature visible. Probably the site of a tree-ring as depicted on the 1903 ed. OS 6-inch map. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN007-060

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