Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Grangecastle, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangecastle
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.65948, -7.54740
- SMR number
- TS043-040----
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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 flat poorly drained pasture with good views in all directions, with a tower house (TS049-008----) 240m to SE and a moated site (TS043-039----) 308m to NW. An oval-shaped area (diam. 30m E-W; 50m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.9m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.2-1.1m; ext. H 0.5m; 1.3m) and waterlogged outer fosse (base Wth 2-3m; top Wth 3.5-5m; ext. D 0.1m). The inner bank is is well-preserved from S through W through N to NE but is in poorer condition on the E side, with modern gaps in the bank at NE (Wth 2m) and SW (Wth 1.5m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.