What is recorded here
Situated on a N-S ridge in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN036-040) to the N. A three-storey tower house (TN036-041001), which originally stood higher, built with coursed rubble stone with prominent batter. The earthworks to the W and N of the tower house appear to be the wall-footings of a bawn wall (TN036-041003) and a rectangular building (ext. dims. 13m N-S; 15.5m E-W) respectively.
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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