Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Higginstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Higginstown
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51281, -7.66626
- SMR number
- TS062-061----
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 undulating terrain under pasture. Old field boundaries have been removed and new field boundaries created. According to the OS Namebooks (O'Donovan 1840) this was 'the site of ancient fences forming an enclosure called Bally-na-scullog. There is here also the sites of ancient roads passing from the S.W. corner of the townland one through the western side & the other in a N.E. direction through the centre of the townland'. The earthworks have been levelled since aerial photographs were taken in 1966 (CUCAP APG 53) and 1974 (GSI S.623/2).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
O'Donovan, J. 1840 Ordnance Survey Namebooks. County Tipperary.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.