Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Rathgallen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgallen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46238, -8.01786
- SMR number
- TS068-142----
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 pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (dims. c. 9m N-S; c. 8m E-W) defined by gentle scarp (H 0.55m; Wth 1.5m at N; Wth 2m at E). Mound is flat topped and tending downslope to E. External fosse (Wth 5.3m; D 0.45m) visible NW-N-ENE. Established hedgerow field boundary truncates S sector slightly and electric fence crosses W sector. Curvilinear depression E-SE-S extends from base of mound at ENE. Ringfort (TS068-038----) c. 135m to NE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.