Moated site in Mountfrisco, County Tipperary

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Situated in rough pasture in undulating, low-lying, wet terrain with a lot of natural hillocks. Site not marked on either the 1st ed. (1840) or the 1904 ed. OS 6-inch map but identified on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, S 84/3) as a rectangular enclosure. A rectangular area (dims. 28.5m NW-SE; 36.5m NE-SW) delimited by a scarp (ext. H 1.09) and a U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.71m) with a broad, outer earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; ext. H 0.43m), not visible at the N end of the W side. The bank terminates at each corner where channels have created four possible leats. The E channel joins up with an external drainage trench. The N angle is quite denuded as it is part of a tractor route and there is a lot of slippage of the scarp into the fosse. The interior of the site undulates following the natural contours of the hillock. No obvious entrance feature. This enclosure may be a by-product of the drainage activity in the field. 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 TN023-027

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