What is recorded here

Enclosure in Behamore (Hawkshaw) is an enclosure in Behamore (Hawkshaw), County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits on a roughly circular rise within an undulating field in pastureland. The first edition six-inch map shows a subrectangular enclosure truncated at the north by a trackway. Local tradition identifies the site as a fort, although the enclosure is not visible at ground level.

Situated on a roughly circular rise within an undulating field in pastureland. Depicted as a subrectangular enclosure on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map, truncated at N by a trackway. Known locally as the site of a 'fort'. Not visible at ground level. 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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