What is recorded here

Enclosure in Ballinunty (Graystown parish) is an enclosure in Ballinunty (Graystown parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the flat top of a hill in pasture, offering broad views to the north, east and west while a neighbouring ridge blocks the view to the south. A much reduced circular area, measuring 25.1 metres north to south and 24.2 metres east to west, is enclosed by a flattened bank 3 metres wide. The entrance was probably in the east south east, where no bank remains and the interior slopes down to the exterior.

On the flat top of a hill in undulating terrain, in pasture. There are good to extensive views to N, E and W, though poor to the S where the view is impeded by a neighbouring ridge. A ringfort (TS054-016----) is visible on the hill to the NNW. Identified on OS Ortho and Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 25 September 2017). A much denuded circular area (diam. 25.1m N-S; 24.2m E-W) enclosed by a flattened bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.17m). The entrance was probably in the ESE where there is no evidence of a bank and the interior slopes down to the exterior. There is a slight suggestion of an external fosse (Wth c. 4.5m) in the SW quadrant. The interior slopes slightly to the NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 September 2017

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