Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Town defences
Bohercrow,carrownreddy,knockanrawley,murgasty,town Lot, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bohercrow,carrownreddy,knockanrawley,murgasty,town Lot
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47379, -8.16084
- SMR number
- TS067-004009-
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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 1300 a murage grant was given for a period of 10 years and in 1310 a further grant was given for a period of 3 years (Thomas 1992, 194). Based on the probable survival of the medieval town pattern on the modern town, it is suggested that the town consisted of an area of c. 15 hectares, roughly rectangular in shape, incorporating the church (TS067-004003-) and graveyard (TS067-004008-) in its NW angle and the castle (TS067-004002-) in the SE angle, with the River Ara forming the southern boundary (Thomas 1992, 194-5). There is no visible trace of an enclosing wall, bank or fosse at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 June 2014
References
Thomas, A. 1992 The walled towns of Ireland, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Schoolunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.