Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Gortmakellis, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortmakellis
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Shanabone Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shanabone Fort
- Coordinates
- 52.54800, -7.86941
- SMR number
- TS053-059----
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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 wet reclaimed flat grassland with good views in all directions, moated site (TS053-060----) 150m to S. Monument consists of a much degraded, barely visible, levelled moated site consisting of a rectangular area (approx. int. dims. 30m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) enclosed by a low barely visible bank (base Wth 4.2m; top Wth 1.6m; H 0.2m) and traces of an outer fosse (top Wth 4m; base Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m) and external bank (Wth 3m; H 0.1m) both of which are visible at NW only. Bank visible at NW and SE sides only and visible as a vegetation mark at NE and destroyed at SW by small stream running NW-SE. Small stream running NW-SE forms enclosing feature of moated site at SW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.