Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rossacrow (aghacrew Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossacrow (aghacrew Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.56475, -8.12039
- SMR number
- TS051-021----
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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 top of high ground in upland area with good views in all directions with nearby ringforts (TS051-018----;TS051-020----) c. 200m to NW and c. 100m to W respectively. Only a small portion of the W bank survives as a field boundary, no surface remains elsewhere. Depicted as a large circular enclosure (diam. c.80m) on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and outlined on the subsequent 1903 ed. with a waterlogged fosse indicated in the E sector and internal scarp in the SW sector.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 10 June 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.