What is recorded here

Castle is a broad, flat-topped ringwork in Outeragh, County Tipperary, still standing beside pasture and a nearby ringfort. Its circular mound rises nearly four metres, bound by a fosse and outer bank, while nettles and thistles crowd the eastern entrance. The stones hidden beneath the southern bank suggest people shaped and defended this low place long before it became a quiet field margin.

In low-lying terrain at base of gentle W facing slope, surrounded by pasture. Ringfort (TS076-022001-) located c. 90m to NW; possibly conjoined enclosures (TS076-022002- and TS076-022003-) located c. 80m to NE. Circular high, broad, flat-topped mound (diam. 33m N-S; 35.5m E-W; H 2.62-4.19m in NE and SW quadrants respectively) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.8m) and broad outer bank (Wth 1.8-6.3m crest, 4.5-10.6m in SW and NE quadrants respectively; H above int. fosse 1.23-1.7m in NE and SW quadrants respectively, H above ext. 1.09-1.4m in NE and SW quadrants respectively. In S sector the outer bank is augmented by a field boundary and has evidence of internal and external stone revetment. Interior slopes down towards E where entrance was probably located. Lush grass, thistles and nettles growing in interior with scrub mainly limited to edge of monument. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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