Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - stepped barrow
Ballyvistea, County Tipperary South, Ireland
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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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 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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.