Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyphilip (crohane Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyphilip (crohane Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55797, -7.63162
- SMR number
- TS054-062----
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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 flat pasture in upland area with good views in all directions. Cluster of several farmhouses situated within a small circular area (approx. int. diam. 50m) defined by a earthen bank surmounted by a hedgerow as indicated on first (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. In the OS Namebook the enclosure is referred to as enclosing 5 or 6 farmhouses. Only one farmhouse survives today and a portion of the curving boundary defined by an earthen bank surmounted by a hedge survives in the E quadrant of the settlement. The monument appears to have been a cluster of farmsteads enclosed by a circular hedgerow, it is unclear whether the boundary was earlier than the settlement or contemporary with the clachan. Strong possibility that this circular enclosure defined the settlement boundary and was contemporary with the cluster of farmhouses. The buildings that survive today are single-storey white-washed outhouses of 18th/19th-century date alongside modern agricultural buildings. Only the E section of the original enclosure survives and consists of an earthen bank (approx. H 0.7m) surmounted by a hedgerow. Example of a nucleated settlement in a rural location of 18th century date or earlier. Enclosure appears to be post-1700 AD in date.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.