Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
St. Johnstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Johnstown
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53291, -7.65931
- SMR number
- TS062-022----
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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
On gradual W-facing slope in gently undulating hilly terrain under pasture. The Clashawley river flows N-S c. 10m W of W edge of monument. Though enclosure has been levelled the outline can stilled be traced (diam. 30.5m NE-SW) in the W quadrant where it is defined by scarp (H 0.74m over 6m) and in the N quadrant where it is defined by a broad, flattened bank (ext. H 0.4m) with an indication of a fosse at the base (Wth c. 2.4m; D 0.13m). Monument is depicted as a roughly square enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and is not indicated on the 1903-04 ed. suggesting it was levelled before 1904. According to Cahill (1982) local information suggests that a souterrain existed at this monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 13 October 2014
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.