Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Curraghmarky, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghmarky
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63265, -8.19699
- SMR number
- TS044-004----
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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 the flat shoulder of a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area, overlooking Gortnageragh river valley from S through W to N. Possible enclosures (TS044-003---- and TS044-002----) are 220m to the N and 1km to the NE respectively. A well-preserved ring-barrow consisting of a low mound (diam. 4m N-S; H 0.2m) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.45m) and external bank (Wth 2.4m; ext. H 0.3m). It is visible as a small enclosure on an aerial photograph (GSI R. 305/6; 08/04/74).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.