
What is recorded here
Enclosure in Redwood (Dorrha parish) is an enclosure in Redwood (Dorrha parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area is 41 metres wide from north to south at the south end of a low ridge. An earth and stone bank encloses it, reaching 0.7 metres externally and 0.3 metres internally across a 1.5-metre width. The bank is destroyed at the south with no visible entrance, while the interior slopes from east to west without an external ditch.
Situated at the S end of a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 41m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) which is destroyed at S, with no evidence of an entrance feature. Locally known as the 'Lios'. The interior slopes from E to W with no evidence of an external fosse.
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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