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Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN037-014) to the SW. A well-preserved cashel consisting of a circular area (diam. 16m N-S) enclosed by two stone walls with a narrow V-profile intervening fosse (Wth 1.8m) and a possible entrance gap (Wth 2m) at NW. The well-preserved inner bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 1.3m) is composed of an earth and stone bank with internal stone revetment while the outer bank (Wth 1.2m; H 0.5m) is of a drystone wall construction.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 210/1955).
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