Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Burntwood Big, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burntwood Big
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.94914, -8.02077
- SMR number
- TN011-030----
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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
Located in a commanding position just off the crest of a ridge which slopes towards the SW, in an area of outcrop in pastureland. A circular enclosure (diam. 28.2m N-S and E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.82m downslope; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.12m upslope) with a gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at NW. The interior slopes slightly to the SW. The site is bisected, roughly N-S, by a very denuded field boundary.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.