Moated site in Killoskehan, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated on high ground in a mountainous area. Roughly square- shaped area (dims. 37m N-S x 35m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.6m) and outer fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m) with entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SE. Possible moated site (Stout 1984, 67). 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 TN028-038

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