Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Toor (bruis Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toor (bruis Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.45883, -8.23509
- SMR number
- TS066-060----
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 wet pasture; frequent rushes. Circular area (dims. 21m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 2.3m; H 0.95m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at SSE. Fosse (basal Wth 3.3m; overall Wth 7.4m; D 0.25m) S-N-ENE and ESE-SSE; fosse is best defined SW-NW. Interior is generally level and contains two ring-barrows (TS066-60001- and TS066-60002-) in NW-sector and one ditch-barrow (TS066-60003-) in E-sector. Shroughnagowneen stream to immediate S. Mound (TS066-061) is c. 275m to ENE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.