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
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54635, -7.86967
- SMR number
- TS053-060----
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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 wet reclaimed grassland with good views in all directions. Levelled moated site (TS053-059----) 150m to N. Moated site consists of a rectangular-shaped area (int. dims. 26m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) and broad, flat-bottomed waterlogged outer fosse (top Wth 5m; base Wt 4m; ext. D 0.4m) intersected at W by a stream running on a NW-SE axis. The interior is covered in whitethorn trees some of which have been uprooted causing a lot of damage to the surface of the moated site. Tower house (TS061-011----) visible c. 500m to SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.