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This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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Located on a slight E-facing slope in rolling pastureland. Not indicated on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map and marked as possible mound at the W end of a small wooded enclosure on the 1903 ed. The site is now levelled and tree plantation has been cleared in favour of pasture. There is no visible trace of the site at ground level. Traces of a large curving bank are all that remains of the enclosing element of the plantation. 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 TN015-096

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