Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Sopwell, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sopwell
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99717, -8.05209
- SMR number
- TN010-016002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 flat pasture with extensive views and nearby fortified house (TN010-017001) to the E. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, AVN 74) shows the outline of three circular enclosures (TN010-016001). A linear feature (TN010-016002) c. 74m long extends c. N-S for c. 20m before turning NW-SE to run between the two northernmost enclosures. Not visible at ground level.
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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.