Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Meldrum, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meldrum
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52581, -7.83516
- SMR number
- TS061-031001-
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
Within interior of enclosure (TS061-031----), off-centre to ENE. Excellent views in all directions except to W where highest point of slope is located. Oval mound (dims. 2m E-W; 1.7m N-S) defined by low scarp (Wth 0.9m; H 0.15m). A ditch-barrow (TS061-031002-) is conjoined to NE. A ring-barrow (TS061-031003-) is c. 6.5m to E.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.