Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballinree (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinree (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.58078, -7.84447
- SMR number
- TS053-017----
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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
In grassland on top of high ground with good extensive views in all directions, no surface remains visible of levelled enclosure. Described by Cahill (1982, vol. 2) as a levelled enclosure. The monument is depicted as an oval area (map dims. c. 31m N-S; c. 27m E-W) on the 2nd (1953-4) ed. OS 6-inch map enclosed by a bank and a sketch plan and section of the enclosure was drawn in 1953 (OS Field Memorandums).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.