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Hut site

Shanballyard (Aghnameadle Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Shanballyard (Aghnameadle Par.), 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
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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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

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

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

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