Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Kyle (ardcrony Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kyle (ardcrony Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93557, -8.12290
- SMR number
- TN015-123----
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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 poorly drained grassland with good views in all directions. Bowl-barrow (TN015-024----) in field 128m to NE and fulacht fiadh (TN015-124----) to S. Impressive well preserved ring-barrow (overall diam. 60m N-S) consisting of a low circular mound (diam. 23m N-S; H 0.1m) enclosed by a shallow inner fosse (base Wth 4m; top Wth 7m; ext. D 0.1m), earthen bank (top Wth 2.8m; base Wth 9m; ext. H 0.4m), waterlogged outer fosse (base Wth 2.3m; top Wth 4.6m; ext. D 0.2m) with remains of a second earthen bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.1m) mainly reduced to a scarp. The enclosing inner bank and external fosse has been damaged on the E side when drainage ditches were cut into the monument in the 19th century.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 May 2015
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.