Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Burgesbeg, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burgesbeg
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81498, -8.33841
- SMR number
- TN025-037----
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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 in wooded area on the W side of a steep ravine in an upland area overlooking a river below with Burgesbeg medieval church (TN025-038001-) and graveyard (TN025-038003-) 160m to the E. The river marks the W boundary of the parish of Burgesbeg. A medieval watermill (TN025-039----) was located along the river 300m to the S of the motte. Present remains consists of a steep-sided flat-topped circular-shaped mound (H 3m at E; 6m at W; top diam. 14.6m N-S; 15.1m E-W) with a wide fosse (Wth 3m) at base that is visible at NW only; elsewhere it has been filled in with evidence of an external earth and stone bank well faced with stone in places. No evidence for an adjoining bailey area.
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 by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 21 February 2020
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Exhibitionist figureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.