Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilcoolyabbey, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcoolyabbey
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66959, -7.56475
- SMR number
- TS043-034016-
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
On a gradual SW-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Kilcooly Abbey (TS043-034001-) lies c. 400m to the WNW. There are several enclosures in the vicinity including TS043-034008- 240m to the WSW, TS043-034009- 342m to the W, TS043-034015- 336m to the W and TS043-034017- c. 300m to the SW. An aerial photograph (GB89.AD.08) shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. There is no visible trace of this monument above ground.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 February 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Deer parkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - formal gardenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.