
What is recorded here
Enclosure in Knockadromin is an enclosure in Knockadromin, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies high ground in an upland area as an irregular earthwork, though dense scrub and plantation ridges have partially destroyed it. No archaeological features are visible today, but maps from 1840 and 1901 depict it as a roughly D-shaped platform or enclosure.
Situated on high ground in an upland area. An irregular-shaped earthwork covered in dense scrub and partially destroyed by ridges from recent forest plantation. No archaeological features visible. Depicted as a roughly D-shaped platform type earthwork on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped enclosure on the revised 1901 ed. OS 25-inch map.
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: 27 January 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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