What is recorded here

Enclosure in Newtown (Holycross parish) is an enclosure in Newtown (Holycross parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The irregular 32-metre north-south site sits in pasture on level ground that slopes southeast toward the River Suir. A denuded bank survives at the north and southwest with a 2.7-metre width, 0.41-metre internal height and 1.2-metre external height, while the northwest is levelled and the southeast is reduced to a scarp. Quarrying reached the northeast edge and the north and northwest sectors, leaving the original extent uncertain on that side.

Located in pasture on fairly level ground which slopes off to SE down to the River Suir. An irregular-shaped area (diam. 32m N-S) defined by the low remains of a denuded bank in at N and SW (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.41m; ext. H 1.2m). In the NW quadrant the bank has been completely levelled and in the SE it has been reduced to a scarp. The NE quadrant has been quarried along its edge and it is not possible to determine the original extent of the site on this side. Quarrying also extended to the N and NW sectors of the site. 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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