Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Shanballyard (aghnameadle Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanballyard (aghnameadle Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78918, -8.08299
- SMR number
- TN027-099002-
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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
This site encompasses both a steep and a more gentle incline on an E-facing slope in rolling pastureland. A large univallate enclosure (TN027-099001) defined by an earth and stone bank and a U-shaped external fosse with a narrow entrance at E. The site is built at two levels - the W half slopes steeply to the E while the E half is on the break in slope with a further dip to the E in the E sector. There are a number of undulations in the lower/middle terrace but the clearly defined circular feature (c. 20m) visible on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, R119/120), is not apparent . An unusual site in regard to the sharply uneven nature of the interior surface.
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: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.