
What is recorded here
Situated on high ground with extensive views and a nearby cashel (TN037-018) to the SW. A circular area (diam. 22.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a well-preserved drystone wall (T 2m; H 1.5m) with no entrance feature visible. Field walls intersect the site at NW and E. A millstone roughout lies nearby to the SE.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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