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Castle - motte

Murgasty, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Murgasty, 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
Murgasty
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Mutton Pie Hill
Coordinates
52.47948, -8.17049
SMR number
TS067-002----

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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 recreational parkland of gravel ridges known as Tipperary Hills. On top of a substantial gravel hill. Motte is an oval area (dims. 42m WSW-ENE; c. 28m NNW-SSE) defined by steep-sided scarp (Wth 9m; H 6.5m) marginally lower (H 5.5m) yet steeper (Wth 6m) to WSW. Tarmac trackway on roughly level ledge around monument. Ledge (Wth 12m) at WSW, reducing (Wth 5.5m) at ENE side and appears to mark interface between natural mound and monument. Motte is grass covered and generally flat topped with remains of benches along the top edge of each side. The motte is described in the OS Letters (1840s) (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.3, 37) and a description, including a plan and section, was published in 1913 (Flynn 1913, 5-7).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Flynn, P. 1913 Ancient mounds and earthworks near Tipperary. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, no.1, 5-21.

Nearby in the register

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

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