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Enclosure

Mooresfort, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Mooresfort, 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
Mooresfort
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.45414, -8.30585
SMR number
TS066-079----

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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 improved pasture, in SW area of field. Pond choked with rushes to NW and rushes to ESE. Large oval area (dims. 74m NE-SW; 66m NW-SE) defined by gentle scarp (Wth 4.5m; H 0.55m at SE) (Wth 3m; H 0.25m at NE) W-N-E-S which is irregular in plan giving the general oval shape a rougher edge. Scarp not readily visible S-SSW and instead this area of the perimeter is undulating with natural hollows. Drain (long-axis NNW-SSE) cuts monument across SW-sector; again scarp not visible here. Interior slopes downwards to NE from a plateau area in the SW-sector. Remnants of lazy beds (long-axis NW-SE) all across monument. These have disturbed a previously unrecorded barrow (TS066-079001-) off-centre to N of the interior. This area was probably always a gently rising slope and the scarp created as a result of fluvial activity around the low-lying land NNW-SE. Drainage works have removed the water further accentuating this dry area. Drains at base of scarp also further accentuate its height. There is another ring-barrow (TS066-079002-) just within the N sector of the enclosure and there may be others which cannot be recognised due to the ground disturbance. Visible on aerial photograph (ref. OS 2437/6) as large oval area.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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