Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballynaveen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaveen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46367, -8.39313
- SMR number
- TS065-007003-
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 gently undulating wet pasture, on the E edge of a small barrow cemetery, with a ring-barrows (TS065-007001-; TS065-007002-) c. 100m to the SW and WSW respectively and ditch barrows (TS065-007004-; TS065-007005-; TS065-007006-; TS065-007007-) c. 45m to the SSE and SSW, c. 90m to the SSW and c. 60m to the WSW respectively. Identified during field inspection. Circular area (diam. 5m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (Wth 0.8m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.7m) and an external low broad earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; overall Wth 0.8m). The W half of the circuit is better preserved while the E half is barely visible at ground level. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 12 May 2014
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.