Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Mortlestown (cooleagh Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mortlestown (cooleagh Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54357, -7.67058
- SMR number
- TS062-013----
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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 an ESE-facing slope. A rectangular area (dims. 62m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a steep scarp (Wth 4.65m; H 2m) to S (L 54m) and a short return of low bank (L 20m; overall Wth 7.4m; Wth at top 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) to W. Along the E side the bank (L 38m), though levelled, is tracebale whereas along the N side (L 64m) the edge is no longer definable except for a levelled length (L 4.5m) at the E end. There is a possible entrance (Wth c. 4m) on the S side toward the E end. The interior is gently undulating. A tackway runs roughly WNW-ESE c. 5m to the S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.