What is recorded here

Located in wet pastureland in gently undulating terrain sloping to SE. Marsh at base of slope directly E. Site levelled but still clearly visible as circular enclosure (31.5m N-S to field boundary ditch on N side of field bank; 31.5m E-W) defined by much flattened bank (W 3.5m; int. H 0.14m; ext. H 0.27m). Site truncated in S quad. by field boundary running E-W. Quarry hollow immediately NE of site. Site depicted as square-sided U-shaped earthwork with limekiln immediately to N on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a roughly square-shaped enclosure on 2nd (1901-05) ed. Based on depictions of site on OS 6-inch maps this site cannot be definitely classified as ringfort. 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.

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