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Enclosure in Ballycapple

Enclosure

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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Located on a NE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a small oval enclosure on both the 1st and current eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A roughly circular area (diam. approx. 31m) enclosed by a low, broad bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.68m; ext. H 0.16m). No external fosse or entrance feature visible. The site is overgrown with fir trees and scrub. 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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