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Enclosure in Athnid Beg

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Enclosure in Athnid Beg
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Enclosure in Athnid Beg is an enclosure in Athnid Beg, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a slightly raised subrectangular area measuring 30 metres north to south and 28.5 metres east to west on a low rise in flat pasture. A low earth and stone bank, 2.5 metres wide, encloses the area, while a modern field fence intersects the eastern side on a north-south axis. No entrance feature is visible.
Situated on a low rise of ground in flat pasture with a nearby ringfort (TN035-080) to the SW. A slightly raised subrectangular area (dims. 30m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.6-1m) intersected at E by a modern field fence on a N-S axis. No 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

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