Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Gorteen Upper, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen Upper
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62706, -7.59110
- SMR number
- TS049-021----
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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 grassland with good views in all directions, no surface remains visible of any enclosure in area marked on six inch OS 6-inch map. Depicted as semi-circular-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 17m) on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It is depicted in more detail on the 25-inch OS map as a circular raised area surrounded by a fosse (diam. 12m). This depiction suggests the monument is a barrow, possibly a ring-barrow, but as an outer bank is not depicted it is classified as a possible ditch barrow.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 27 May 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.