What is recorded here

Enclosure in Roosca (Burke) is an enclosure in Roosca (Burke), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 1840 and 1906 maps depict a circular raised area measuring about 27 metres north to south and 32 metres east to west. The 2014 source records no visible trace above ground on the pasture-covered summit of an outcrop spur, with a sharp drop from southeast through south to southwest.

On the flat summit of a spur of outcrop, under pasture. There is a sharp drop from SE-S-SW and gentle drop to NW. Road runs roughly E-W along the NE quadrant. Roosca 'castle' (TS081-041----) is visible c. 150m to the SE. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and similarly depicted as a circular raised area on the 2nd (1906) ed. (diam. c. 27m N-S; c. 32m E-W). There is no visble trace of the monument above ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 08 January 2014

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