Raheenbeg, castle in County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In grassland atop natural rise of ground in undulating grassland with good views in all directions. Ringwork consists of a raised platform (diam. 33m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) with a small old quarry (D 1.4m; 10m N-S x 20m E-W) which is depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map in S quadrant. Platform intersected by a field boundary at S on an E-W axis. Well-preserved platform with evidence of quarrying in S quadrant and on the external face of the scarp at NW. No entrance feature visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS052-015

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not named, pstsport.com
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Steven Brown, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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