What is recorded here

Enclosure in Ballydrehid is an enclosure in Ballydrehid, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing upland slope in rough pasture, measuring 91.5 metres from north to south and 95 metres from east to west. A bank with a 2.6-metre base and a shallow outer ditch enclose the slightly irregular area, while a large quarry reaches the west bank.

On a S-facing slope in upland terrain, in rough pasture. There is scrub around the edge of the enclosure. Slightly irregular-shaped large enclosure (diam. 91.5m N-S; 95m E-W) enclosed by bank (Wth 1.6m crest, 2.6m base; int. H 0.76m; ext. H 1m) and shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.5-1.8m; D 0.22m). Downslope in the S quadrant the bank is reduced to scarp (H 1.09m over 5.4m). The interior slopes S with the incline. There is a slight break in slope c. 10m immediately S of the S bank of the enclosure. A large quarry extends up to the W bank of the monument. The W bank is particularly large and has probably been augmented by spoil from the quarry. Two wrecked cars lie abandoned in the NE quadrant. There is an old ring-feeder in the SE quadrant. The bank defining the N and E sides is a typical field bank, that in the E sector has an internal ditch. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 07 April 2014

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