What is recorded here

Mound in Cloghabreedy is a mound in Cloghabreedy, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands on the south end of a northwest ridge, measures about 45 metres from northeast to southwest and 34 metres from east to west, and rises 1.6 to 2.4 metres above the ground. Kedrah Castle appears about 500 metres upslope to the east, while Cloghbreeda Castle appears about 200 metres upslope to the northwest.

On the S end of an N-W ridge, ground sloping away from the earthwork to the E. There is a lot of scrub immediately W of the monument and a gravel extraction pit (diam. c. 20m) immediately NE of the earthwork with spoil heaped up along outer face of the monument at this point. Kedrah Castle (TS075-032001-) is clearly visible c. 500m upslope to the E and Cloghbreeda Castle (TS075-030001-) is visible c. 200m upslope to the NW. On the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map the monument is depicted as being roughly circular and defined by a bank, however, on the 2nd (1901-05) ed. it is depicted as an oval mound in marshy terrain. The interior is heavily overgrown with scrub. Raised earthwork (H 1.6- 2.4m), oval in shape (overall diam. c. 45m NE-SW; c. 34m E-W). There is some stone protruding from the edge of the monument in the E and SE sectors. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 07 April 2014

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