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Moated site

Grangecastle, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Grangecastle, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Grangecastle
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.66094, -7.55116
SMR number
TS043-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On flat pasture with good views in all directions, with a possible moated site (TS043-040----) 308m to SE and a tower house (TS049-008----) 200m to SE. This impressive well-preserved but overgrown moated site (overall diam. 50m NE-SW and 68m NW-SE) consists of a raised square-shaped area (diam. 27m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by a wide flat-topped earth and stone bank (base Wth 5-6m; top Wth 1.7m; int. H 1-1.5m; ext. H 1-3m) reduced to a scarp from N to NE and a wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (base Wth 4.3m; top Wth 6.5m; ext. D 2m). A gap in the bank (Wth 1.9m) at NE may be the original entrance feature, with a modern gap in the bank (Wth 1.1m) at SW. The interior is level with the external ground level. A field boundary running S from the SE corner of the monument has been removed and another field boundary cuts NW-SE across the N sector as depicted on the 2nd (1903) ed. OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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