Mound in Clonalea, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated in a flat marshy river valley. The river is nearby to the E and a fast-flowing stream runs along the base of the site in the NE quadrant. A long, low earthen mound (dims. 67m ENE-WSW; 17.7m SSE-NNW) defined by a low, broad bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.23m; ext. H 2.3m), a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.2m) and a possible outer bank visible at S (Wth 4.4m; ext. H 0.46m) though this may be the remains of a field boundary. The interior is heavily overgrown with scrub. 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 TN021-066

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