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Enclosure

Glenbeha, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Glenbeha, County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glenbeha
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.92206, -7.81536
SMR number
TN017-092----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Just below crest of hill on a S-facing slope in hilly, undulating terrain, in pasture. A stream runs NW-SE c. 20m to the E, with the ground dropping downslope from the outer edge of the monument. The slope levels off for the S portion of the monument and beyond for a further c. 20m before dropping downhill. The land also drops away to the W. Views upslope to the N are impeded by crest of slope and by the house as well as outbuildings and trees associated with it. Views E are limited by a low hill on the opposite side of the stream. From SE-S-W there is a panoramic view, with a long hill to the S, a plain to the WSW and another long ridge to the W.
An oval enclosure (diam. 60.6m N-S; 50.5m E-W) visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 30 November 2009 and 14 November 2019), as a cropmark of a fosse, identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The enclosure is defined by a much denuded bank (int. H 0.39m; ext. H 0.45m; Wth at crest c. 2.7m; overall Wth c. 5.6m) and fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.49m) in the NE sector, while elsewhere the bank is reduced to scarp (H 0.28-0.46m) with a fosse (Wth c. 2-2.8m; D 0.04-0.36m). The interior slopes downhill with the natural incline. The outer edge of the bank and the fosse in the NW sector is truncated by the S boundary of the yard associated with the house.

See attached:
TN017-092----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 30 November 2009)
TN017-092----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 November 2019)
TN017-092----_03 From W looking NE
TN017-092----_04 From W looking N
TN017-092----_05 From W looking S

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 5 December 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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