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Killeen (killoscully Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (killoscully Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockaunacoll
- Coordinates
- 52.76941, -8.30955
- SMR number
- TN032-004----
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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 top of a steep-sided hillock in a mountainous region with extensive views. A flat-topped circular mound (diam. 11.5m N-S; 16.5m E-W; H 2m) with possible traces of an enclosing fosse visible at E and W only. The base of the mound is intersected by an E-W field fence at S.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/2007).
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.