Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mobarnan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mobarnan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.50908, -7.76777
- SMR number
- TS061-108----
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 pasture, on a gentle NW-facing slope. Roughly circular depression (diam c. 10m; D >2m) enclosed by bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.3m). Interior is very deep especially in E-half, indicating a natural swallow hole. The monument is depicted on the 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (map diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a bank and a sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 there is no evidence of an internal depression (OS Field Memorandums). Enclosure (TS061-107----) is c. 90m to the NW and has a similar depression .
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.