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Enclosure in Grove

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Enclosure in Grove is an enclosure in Grove, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a circular sunken area 9 metres across, cut 1.55 metres into the west side and raised 1.6 metres on the east side of an east-facing slope. A possible 2-metre-wide entrance faces north. It may be an outpost linked to a cliff-edge fort and another enclosure about 70 metres to the west.
In deciduous woodland, on an E-facing slope. Sunken circular area (diam. 9m) cut into hillslope (D 1.55m) on W-side and raised (H 1.6m) on E-side. Depression within interior is excentuated by this cutting and filling technique. Possible entrance (Wth 2m) at N. Ttrackway flanks S-side as per latest edition OS 6-inch map. Possibly an outpost enclosure associated with cliff-edge fort (TS070-077----) and enclosure (TS070-077001-) c. 70m to W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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