Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Tankardstown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tankardstown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93642, -6.95523
- SMR number
- LA026-009005-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating countryside on the W bank of the River Barrow. Cropmark of potential subcircular-shaped enclosure/earthwork identified on 1:30,000 aerial photograph (GSIAP S. 137/6, June 1973) and on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP BDH061) taken 14/07/1970. No visible surface remains.
See attached GSI aerial photograph with potential cropmark identified with red outline and CUCAP oblique aerial with potential cropmark in red dashed outline
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 5 October 2022
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.