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Barrow - stepped barrow

Ballyvistea, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - stepped barrow, Ballyvistea, 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
Ballyvistea
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.49013, -8.38733
SMR number
TS057-011----

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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 level wet pasture. Ring-barrow (TS057-036----) is located c. 40m to the NE and a barrow (TS057-010----) is located c. 180m to the SW. Low circular flat-topped mound (diam top. 7-8m; H 0.5m) enclosed by a wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 1.75m; overall Wth 4.5m; D 0.4m) with an intermediate flat-topped earthen berm (Wth at top 4m) and an external wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 1.75m; overall Wth 2.95; D 0.4m). The fosses and the intermediate bank are absent from SE-SW where a modern drain truncates the S side of the central mound and the external fosse has been infilled from SW to W. A modern entrance (Wth 4m), where the fosses have been partially infilled, allows access to the interior at E. Interior is dry and clear of overgrowth.

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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