Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Brittas (thurles Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brittas (thurles Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.71771, -7.81353
- SMR number
- TN035-076----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 flat poorly drained land with extensive views. A roughly circular area (diam. 42m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth. 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.45m) and a water-filled outer fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.75m) with no clear entrance feature visible. Field clearance debris is dumped around the perimeter of the site at S which obscures the enclosing bank.
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.