Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - early medieval
Garraun (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraun (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54789, -7.79193
- SMR number
- TS053-078001-
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
On poorly drained reclaimed grassland at base of W facing hill in upland region with good views to N and W higher ground to E. Small stream running E-W immediately to N of ringfort (TS053-078----). Possible wall-footings of a rectangular house (approx. int. dims. 7.2m N-S x 7.2m E-W; wall T 0.4m) in SE quadrant of ringfort (TS053-078----) where it appears to run off edge of scarp along SE quadrant of interior.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.