Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sadleirswells, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sadleirswells
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49215, -8.15397
- SMR number
- TS059-205----
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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 pasture. A stream, indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map, flowed roughly N-S, c. 70m to the W, with two ponds to the W and SW respectively, both now filled in. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m), clearly defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (DigitalGlobe, imagery date 2005-2012). The enclosure is also clearly visible on Google Earth (imagery date 16 December 2016). A well (TS059-204----) associated with Brian Boru is located c. 90m to the NW and there is an enclosure (TS059-100----) c. 190m to the S and another (TS059-098----) c. 350m to the WSW.
See attached:
TS059-205----_01 DigitalGlobe, imagery date 2005-2012
TS059-205----_02 Google Earth (imagery date 16 December 2016)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 March 2023
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.