Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Curraghtarsna, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghtarsna
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51910, -7.78093
- SMR number
- TS061-134----
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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 improved pasture, on a SW-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 30m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.25m). Fosse (overall Wth 10.75m; basal Wth 3.25m; D 0.65m) NW-W, which is backfilled W-NW. Possible causeway (Wth 4.5m) at S. Scant remains of possible outer bank NW-E. Interior has a slightly uneven surface and is lower than exterior ground level N-E where it is cut into hillslope. Identified as an oval cropmark on an aerial photograph (GSI S. 626/5/4, 16/04/1974).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringwork and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.