Cullahill Ringwork (TN034-025004-)3D Model
Archaeological monument in the townland of Cullahill (An Chúlchoill/ the rear wood), barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, Parish of Glenkeen, Co. Tipperary. Situated on the N face of a steep ravine overlooking a river below to the NE with a seventeenth-century stronghouse and bawn (TN034-025001/002) known locally as Cullahill Castle to the SW. A raised circular area (diam. 29.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2-3m) and an outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) with slight traces of an external bank. The site is very defensive in nature due to the cliff-edge and is strategically located to protect the routeway through the ravine. Local tradition that Cullahill Castle was a 13th century O’Dwyer Castle. This cliff-edge earthwork may be the remains of the thirteenth-century castle of the O’Dwyers who were the lords of Kilnamanagh.
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