Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killeenasteena, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeenasteena
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.47300, -7.93828
- SMR number
- TS068-025----
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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 pasture, on steep NNW-facing slope. Slight visible surface trace of levelled monument. Remains of oval area (dims. c. 26m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) defined by levelled earthen bank (Wth c. 1.2m; H c. 0.2m) NW-E-SSW. Traces of possible intervening fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.2m) N-NE. Low rise (Wth c. 1.5m; H c. 0.25m) NW-E may represent the modified remains of an inner bank. Ringforts TS068-057---- and TS068-058001-, c. 500m to SW and SSE respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.