Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Kilshenane, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilshenane
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54142, -7.96923
- SMR number
- TS060-138----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 generally level pasture, on a very gentle SE-facing slope. Curvilinear earthwork (c. 80m NE-SW) defined by a bank (Wth at top 2m; total Wth 5.85m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m) NE-SE and reduced to a scarp (Wth 4.5m ; H0.15m) SE-WSW. Visible as a crop mark on aerial photography (ASI (366) 3 and 4, 10/05/2003). Adjoins enclosure (TS060-019----) to SW. Enclosure (TS060-015----) is c. 60m to WNW. Visible on aerial photography (ASI (366) 3 and 4, 10/05/2003).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.