What is recorded here
Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. A D-shaped area (diam. 50m N-S) with straight side at S (L 55m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.5m; int. H 0.3m) from N through E to SE and elsewhere by a drystone wall surviving three courses high. At S the wall acts as a field boundary. No entrance feature visible.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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