
What is recorded here
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. An oval-shaped area (diam. 50m N-S; 78m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1-2m) and an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 1.5m). The inner bank is destroyed from E to S by an intersecting field fence. No clear entrance feature visible.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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