Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Kilparteen, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilparteen
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.87326, -8.33541
- SMR number
- TN019-027001-
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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 a NW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A large circular-shaped area (diam. 74m N-S; 74m E-W) enclosed by a low barely discernible bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m). There is a smaller square-shaped platform (TN-019-027003-), possibly a burial ground in the S quadrant which may have contained the site of a church (TN019-027002-) (OPW Field Report 19/09/1957). Small upright stones protruding above the surface of the platform may be grave markers associated with a possible /children's burial ground (TN019-027003). A possible cup-marked stone (TN019-027004-) lies on the NE edge of this platform.
See attached sketch plan of enclosure drawn in 1957
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.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 14 March 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.