Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Bawn (nenagh Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawn (nenagh Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83988, -8.20857
- SMR number
- TN020-090----
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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 pasture in undulating countryside. Depicted as a small irregular-shaped earthwork, possibly indicated as a quarry face on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map, not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Not visible at ground level.
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: 16 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.