What is recorded here

Moated site in Mocklerstown is a moated site in Mocklerstown, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 14 by 22 metre oval rises 0.45 metres above the surrounding pasture at the base of a gentle south-facing slope. Its interior slopes downward from a central high point to the irregular 1.2-metre-wide scarp that defines its edge. A ten-metre-long, three-metre-wide, 0.2-metre-deep north-south depression cuts through the monument and leaves a small levelled portion in the east sector.

In pasture, at base of a gentle S-facing slope, c. 70m NE of River Moyle. Raised (H 0.45m) oval area (dims. 14m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by irregular scarp (Wth 1.2m). Linear depression (L 10m; Wth 3m; D 0.2m; long-axis N-S) truncates monument leaving small levelled portion in E-sector. Interior slopes down from central high point to scarp all around. Noted as a sub-rectangular enclosure (dims.) on 1840 OS 6-inch map. Castle (TS069-070001-), bawn (TS069-070002-) and church (TS069-070003-) located c. 350m to NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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