What is recorded here
Situated on a NE-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 23m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m) and an external fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.3m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 3.3m) at E. Modern gap in bank at NW where a field fence intersects the site. A modern road intersects the site at S on an E-W axis.
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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