Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Piercetown (rahelty Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercetown (rahelty Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.69501, -7.72997
- SMR number
- TN042-021----
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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 at the base of the W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge on poorly drained pasture with a nearby stream to W. A low horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (dims. 14m N-S; 11m E-W; H 0.65m) with a rectangular trough area (dims. 4m N-S; 5m E-W) to W.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.