Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70872, -7.81061
- SMR number
- TN041-087----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Site identified on aerial photograph taken on 11/8/1996 by Michael Moore (ASIAP 43(25-27)). Situated on flat grassland with good views in all directions. Barely visible remains of a circular enclosure (approx. diam. 25m N-S ; 20m E-W) defined by a dark vegetation cropmark (Wth 3m) enclosing a slighlty raised hillock (H 0.2m), no other features visible, cropmark does not fully enclose the low hillock and is visible from W through N to E only. Not indicated on first ed. OS 6-inch map. Site of levelled enclosure.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.