Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Ballysheehan (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysheehan (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56242, -7.86347
- SMR number
- TS053-042010-
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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 flat grassland. Motte and bailey (TS053-042002-) 200m to SW, fortified church (TS053-042001-) 130m to W and graveyard (TS053-042004-) 25m to W. Visible earthworks (TS053-042003-) extended eastward from the graveyard wall. In 1999, during the redevelopment of the stud farm, these earthworks, which possibly represents the remains of a deserted medieval village, were partially buried in topsoil to make the land safe for livestock (Purcell and Gowen 2000, 283). A digital terrain model of the earthworks, prior to this, revealed several features including three circular mounds (diam. 5-6m) which appear as 'shallow ring ditches' and may be barrows or 'residual features from circular feeding troughs' (O'Donovan and Duffy 2002, 39-40). Earthworks to the N and E of the church and graveyard show up on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1967, ATA 64; CUCAP 1971, BGO 11).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Purcell, A. and Gowen, M. 2000 Ballysheehan Stud, Ballysheehan: Possible deserted medieval village. I.Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 283. Wordwell. Dublin.
O'Donovan, E. and Duffy, S. 2002 A deserted medieval village at Ballysheehan, Co. Tipperary. Tipperary Historical Journal, 33-43.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.