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Castle - ringwork and bailey

Brickendown,Monameagh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork and bailey, Brickendown, Monameagh, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brickendown,Monameagh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.50938, -7.83314
SMR number
TS061-083----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In improved pasture, on a gentle SSE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by earthen bank (Wth top 2.5m; Total 7.35m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.55m); fosse (basal Wth 1.75m; overall Wth 9.75m; Dth 1.3m) W-SSE, is waterlogged E-SSE and modified by partial backfilling SSE-W; outer bank (Wth at top 2.5m; total Wth 5.05m; int. H 1.75m; ext. H 0.7m) is flat-topped where best preserved E-SSE, is badly disturbed S-W and is incorporated into densely overgrown townland boundary W-E. Deeply eroded causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SSE. Berm (Wth 10m at W; Wth 12m at NW) E-NW is truncated by a field boundary E-S, a very deep drain S-SW and is defined by a low scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.7m) S-W. Low field boundary (long-axis E-W; L 12m) extends across berm at W. Berm is defined by a bank (Wth at top 2m; total Wth 5.35m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.05m) W-NW, which is stone faced on the exterior. Berm levelled NW-E and traces of levelled bank, depicted on 1840 OS 6-inch map as field boundary, may be a continuation of outer bank NW-E. The outer fosse (basal Wth 1.7m; overall 3.65m; Dth 0.65m) is best preserved from W-NW, possibly re-cut as deep drain S-SW, causewayed at SW for an entrance (Wth 4.5m) possibly modern, and largely obscured by field boundary which sits inside shallow fosse SW-W. Interior has a sharp SSE-facing slope.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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