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Moated site

Gortmakellis, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Gortmakellis, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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