Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Mooresfort, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooresfort
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.44545, -8.29929
- SMR number
- TS066-099005-
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 level pasture. Scant remains of circular area (dims. 4.25m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by trace of fosse (Wth 1.75m; D 0.05m) best defined SE-W-NW. Interior is level and same height as exterior ground level. Scar of old field drain (long-axis NNW-SSE) to immediate ESE. Identified during fieldwork (ASI 2008) and visible on an aerial photograph (OS 2436/7).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.