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Barrow - bowl-barrow

Killeen (Killoscully Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - bowl-barrow, Killeen (Killoscully 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
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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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

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

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

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