What is recorded here
Situated on flat bogland. Excavation revealed a disturbed wooden trackway consisting of runners, pegs and some brushwood but no finished surface (Cross 1999, Killoran 234, 75-6). This track has been dated to 795-395 BC (Ó Néill 2000, 187).
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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