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Enclosure

Chancellorsland, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Chancellorsland, 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
Chancellorsland
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.47669, -8.34846
SMR number
TS065-063008-

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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 gently undulating low-lying pasture, on the S side of a distribution of sites including an enclosure (TS065-063005-) c. 100m to the NNW and numerous barrows in the vicinity. Identified on aerial photograph (Bruff 42, 5/2041). Ovoid slightly raised area (dims. 40m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE) defined by an earthen scarp (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.25m). At the external base of the scarp is a broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 1.7m; D 0.05m) with an intermediate low flat-topped earthen bank (overall Wth 3.85m; Wth at top 1.55m; H 0.2m) and traces of an external fosse (overall Wth 1.8m). The first fosse and the intermediate bank are not visible at ground level NNW-NE. Traces of the external fosse are visible at ground level SW-NW only. The original entrance is not recognisable but is likely to be on the N side where the enclosing elements are not now visible at ground level. The interior is level across the N half with low irregular undulations across the S half, and is clear of overgrowth.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 15 September 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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