What is recorded here

Enclosure in Cloghleigh (Relickmurray & Athassel parish) is an enclosure in Cloghleigh (Relickmurray & Athassel parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The oval remains measure 34 metres north-south and 28 metres east-west, with a shallow ditch visible from northwest through north to northeast and a deeper ditch from northeast through east to southwest. Local information says the monument was levelled during Land Project works in the 1960s, leaving only faint traces in the gently undulating pasture.

In improved, gently undulating pasture, on a low rise. Good views in all directions and a ringfort (TS068-021----) is visible 1km to the SSW. The remains of an oval area (dims. 34m N-S; 28m E-W) are defined by traces of a shallow fosse (overall Wth 3.15m; basal Wth 0.55m; D 0.05m) from NW-N-NE and by a more obvious fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.15m) NE-E-SW. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and is truncated by a field fence (long axis N-S) across the W sector. There are three small wind turbines within the N-sector of the monument. According to local information the monument was levelled during Land Project works in the 1960s. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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