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Moated site

Shangarry, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Shangarry, 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
Shangarry
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Knockroe Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Knockroe Fort
Coordinates
52.56643, -7.55419
SMR number
TS055-045----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 grassland atop low natural hillock overlooking river valley in upland region to W and higher ground to E. Church (TS055-046----) located 120m to SSE. Monument consists of a roughly rectangular-shaped area (int. dims. 33m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (base Wth 1.2m; top Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.1m ext. H 1m) mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) and outer fosse (base Wth 1.5m; top Wth 3m; ext. D 0.3m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at N. Semi-circular annexe (int. dims. 18m N-S; 20m E-W) to S defined by a low earthen bank (base Wth 3m; top Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.2m) with traces of an outer fosse which runs off SW corner of moated site. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map.

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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