This one does none of those things. A levelled enclosure on a south-west-facing slope of upland grassland near Clonoura in County Tipperary exists, as far as a visitor standing in the field is concerned, not at all. It occupies a corner of a field with good views in every direction, yet the ground gives nothing away.

The site came to light not through excavation or local tradition but through aerial photography. A 1974 Geological Survey of Ireland flight captured what appears to be a circular earthwork from above, the kind of faint crop or soil mark that only becomes legible when seen at altitude and in the right light. Enclosures of this general type, roughly circular earthen boundaries that once enclosed a farmstead or settlement, are among the most common monument forms in the Irish landscape, with thousands recorded across the country. Most retain at least some trace of a bank or ditch at ground level. This one has been levelled entirely, most likely through sustained agricultural activity over many generations, leaving only its shadow visible from the air. A second enclosure lies approximately 100 metres to the south-east, suggesting this upland area once supported more activity than the present empty grassland implies.