What is recorded here
Situated on flat bogland. Excavation revealed a short brushwood track (dims. 3m x 1m) leading to a hurdle which had been built on top of the track in a second phase of construction with a later brushwood track (dims. 2.2m x 1m) constructed in order to connect these features to a nearby trackway (TN036-050059). (Cross 1999, Killoran 312, 95-6)
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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