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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Kilparteen, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Kilparteen, 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
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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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

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

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

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