Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Knockacarhanduff Commons, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockacarhanduff Commons
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66798, -8.02948
- SMR number
- TN040-052----
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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 in upland area on W facing slope of rising ground with good extensive views to W and higher ground to E. Field boundary intersects earthwork at S running along an E-W axis. Present remains consist of a semi-circular sunken wet area (dims. 4.5m N-S; D 0.2m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2m; ext. H 0.4m) with faint traces of an outer fosse, no entrance feature visible. The enclosing bank and outer fosse are destroyed along the S side of the site by the field boundary which runs along an E-W axis. May be the remains of a much degraded possble ring-barrow or could be the remains of a possible square-shaped hut site (ext. dims. 6m E-W) that has been truncated by a field boundary.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.