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Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in a valley in a mountainous region with a nearby moated site (TN028-064001) 25m to the SW and a ringfort (TN028-063) to the NW. A raised D-shaped area (diam. 30m N-S; 24m E-W) with straight side at W (L 24m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) and waterlogged external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) with possible causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. Evidence of stone revetment occurs along the inner face of the bank at SE.
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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