Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Redwood (lorrha Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Redwood (lorrha Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.12798, -8.10975
- SMR number
- TN001-007----
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Shown on 4 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
Situated on a natural rise of ground with poorly drained marshland adjoining from SW to N with high ground to the E. A raised circular platform (H 1.5m; diam. 29m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) with no evidence of an external fosse. No entrance feature visible. The enclosing bank and portion of the interior has been destroyed by quarrying in the SW sector.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.