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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
52.47791, -8.34773
SMR number
TS065-063012-

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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

Enclosing a slight rise in gently undulating low-lying pasture. A ditch-barrow (TS065-063011-) lies on the N side of the interior and another (TS065-063010-) on the S side. Identified on aerial photograph (Bruff 68, 5/2041). Roughly D-shaped naturally raised area (dims. 47m NNE-SSW; 22m WNW-ESE) defined by a modified earthen scarp (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.45m) with an external broad flat-bottomed (overall Wth 2.6m; Wth at base 1.6m; D 0.2m) skirting the base of the natural rise. The scarp is well defined SW-NE being very irregular and difficult to distinguish from the slopes of the naturally undulating terrain SE-SW. The fosse is not visible at ground level SE-SW where the exact extent of the enclosure is unclear at ground level. The current E extent of the enclosure is defined by a NNE-WSW orientated modern field boundary that skirts the base of the raised area. The interior undulates slightly and is clear of overgrowth. A relic field boundary, orientated WNW-ESE, in the form of a shallow drain (av. dims.; overall Wth 4m; Wth at base 1.4m; D 0.3m), crosses the enclosure to S of centre between the two ditch barrows mentioned above. Another NE-SW orientated shallow drain (av. dims.; overall Wth 4.2m; Wth at base 1.6m; D 0.3m) crosses the SE edge of the interior.

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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