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Enclosure - large enclosure

Kilnagranagh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Kilnagranagh, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilnagranagh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.48799, -7.57766
SMR number
TS063-037----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, on a steep S-facing slope. A substantial, roughly oval area (dims. 99m E-W; 91m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth at top 2m; overall Wth 8m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1m) visible intermittently between dense vegetation and is reduced to scarp (Wth 3.15m; H 2.1m) around the S sector, and a fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 7.1m; D 0.8m) is visible in places between vegetation. Gaps at ESE and SSE may be modern. The interior slopes down steeply to S. A low earthen boundary (Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 3.65m; H at W-side 0.6m; H at E-side 0.5m), running c. NNW-SSE, bisects the interior (dims. 90m N-S; 51m E-W in W-half and 91m N-S; 48m E-W in E-half). A stream flanks the W side of the boundary and there is a pond in the centre of the interior. According to local information, black soil and heat shattered stones were discovered in this area, which may indicate a possible fulacht fiadh. Flat stones covering a chamber also reported to have been discovered, which may indicate a souterrain.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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