What is recorded here
Situated on top of high ground in an upland area. An irregular-shaped area (diam. 28m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (H 0.7m; Wth 1.5m) stone faced at NW with no evidence of an external fosse. A laneway traverses the enclosure on an E-W axis with a silage pit and old farmhouse immediately to the NW. Described (OPW files, 1957) as having an external fosse in places - no longer visible. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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