What is recorded here
Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 29m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m) intersected by a field fence at E and reduced to a scarp from NW through N to E with shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25m). A waterlogged quarry (dims. 7m x 15m x 1.5m) is in the centre of the interior. 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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