What is recorded here
Situated on flat pasture with extensive views. A square-shaped area (dims. 31m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.5m) reduced to a scarp at N and a wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.6-3.5m) which has been further widened at the NE angle. Possible causewayed entrance at centre of poorly preserved N bank.
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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