Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Priorpark, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Priorpark
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.94611, -8.21107
- SMR number
- TN014-017----
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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 in rolling grounds a few hundred metres NNE of Priorpark House. Indicated as an irregular, tree-covered site on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map. A roughly circular area (diam. 31.6m N-S; 34.6m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.46m; ext. H 1.53m), a fosse (Wth 4.6m; D 0.85m) and an outer bank at W (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 1.15m). This outer bank joins the inner bank at N and peters out in the SW sector. The bank from N to SE is revetted with drystone walling. The interior slopes to the E and there is no visible entrance feature. A field bank runs parallel to the site at S. Mature beech trees growing around the bank suggest that this site may have been used as a tree-ring.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.