
What is recorded here
Situated on an E-W ridge in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 30.5m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved tree-lined earthen bank reduced to a scarp in places with a shallow external fosse. and. No entrance feature is visible although there are several modern gaps in the bank especially at W. The external face of the scarp at N has drystone wall-facing along its external face. Field clearance debris has been placed along the fosse at NW. Possible tree-ring.
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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