Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynahinch (ballygriffin Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahinch (ballygriffin Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52815, -7.95246
- SMR number
- TS060-058----
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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, on a very gentle E-facing slope. Oval area (dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by well preserved earthen bank (overall Wth 6.05m; Wth at top 0.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.1m) ESE-WSW and NW-E. Bank levelled into fosse and is reduced to scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) WNW-NW. Gap (Wth 4m) in bank E-ESE and causeway (Wth c. 3m) WSW-W. Fosse (overall Wth 5.6m; basal Wth 1m; D 0.75m) SE-WSW is well preserved and is reduced to scant traces W-NW and NE. Field boundary (long-axis c. E-W truncates fosse NW-NNE and respects monument NNE-NE. Interior is planted with conifers within N and S thirds and a narrow band (long-axis E-W) across centre is planted with broadleaves.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.