Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-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
- 52.52583, -7.83504
- SMR number
- TS061-031003-
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----), abutting bank at E. Circular area (diam. 2m) defined by inner fosse (overall Wth 1.9m; basal Wth 1m; D 0.02m) and outer bank (overall Wth 1.9m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.02m; ext. H 0.12m) SE-WNW. Interior is generally level and very small. Short linear bank (L 4.5m) flanks N-arc and forms S-side of entrance to enclosure. Conjoined barrows (TS061-031001-; TS061-031002-) are c. 6.5m to W.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.