Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Mullinahone, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullinahone
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.51205, -7.50063
- SMR number
- TS063-071002-
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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 an area of marshland, with some reclaimation, on a gentle N-facing slope at the junction of four fields. It is located immediately SE of St. Michael's Church, Mullinahone. A stream flows SE-NW to the SW and there are three springs in the field immediately to the S. A poorly preserved, roughly circular area (diam. 28.20m N-S; 30.50m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 9m at base; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m) with a high stone content and fosse (Wth 4m). The bank is best preserved from N-NW and at S and elsewhere is barely discernible. It is sparsely covered with hawthorns and briars. The fosse is only evident from the E-S-W. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 125-6).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Farrelly, J. and FitzPatrick, E. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Tipperary (South Riding) (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.