Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Ballysheehan (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysheehan (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.55964, -7.86489
- SMR number
- TS053-042002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a low gravel ridge running N-S at with good views in all directions, deserted medieval village (TS053-042003-) 200m to NE, fortified church (TS053-042001-) 100m to N and graveyard (TS053-042004-) 80m to N and stream 30m to W. The motte is situated at the S end of this ridge which falls naturally to the W down to the stream and low lying wet marshy land. In 1953 the point of an iron spike, fragment of an iron horse-shoe and five sherds of medieval potery were found in the hummocky field near the motte and bailey (NMI Reg. No. 1953:9-15). Small low flat topped conical mound (H 3-4m; top diam. 13m N-S; 8m E-W; base diam 24m N-S; 20m E-W) with possible bailey area to N at base of mound now defined by a slight rise of ground which is barely visible enclosing a D-shaped area between motte and church and graveyard to N. Small quarry at base of motte on N side with possible wall footings of structure or wall running N-S from base of mound at N. No other features visible.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.