Turret, dovecote in County Tipperary (TS070-101007-)

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In gently undulating, though relatively flat, terrain. Kiltinan castle (TS070-101004-) is located 200m to the NE. The NW side of the dovecote is built into a low slope (H above the exterior to the SE 3.45m; H above the exterior to the NW 1.7m). This circular structure (int. diam. 2.86m) is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed (wall T 1.25m) with a steep stone corbelled roof (H c. 3m) which has a central circular opening of well-cut and dressed stones. The doorway (H 1.05m; Wth 0.95m) in the NE facing wall has a re-used jamb (L 0.55m; Wth 0.26m; D 0.32m) dressed with punch-tooling within drafted margins with an external chamfer (Wth 0.1m) and internal rebate (D 0.08m) and the lintel is a re-used sill or lintel (L at least 1m; Wth 0.21m; D 0.22m) of a single light window (Wth 0.49m) with an external chamfer (Wth 0.1m). The nesting boxes (H 0.15-0.16m; Wth 0.22-0.25m; D 0.27m) consisting of horizontal and vertical slabs, are largely broken, the best preserved being in the NW, SSW and above the doorway.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS070-101007

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