Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Marlhill (knockgraffon Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marlhill (knockgraffon Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.45606, -7.91226
- SMR number
- TS068-150----
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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
On flat ground in wet, marshy terrain with gentle hummocks. In pasture. Monument identified on aerial photography (Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 2004). A rectangular platform (diam. 38m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.7-4.2m; D 0.35) and a slight outer bank (H above fosse 0.25-0.4; ext. H 0.15-0.25m; Wth at top 1.6-2.7; Wth at base 2.5-4.6m). Flag irises are growing in the fosse. The fosse and outer bank are best preserved on the S side. There is a possible entrance (Wth 5.5m) at the E end of the N side. Externally there is higher hummocky ground to the SE corner from a south-westerly direction which may have provided a natural route through the marsh. There are a couple of wet hollows within the interior (diam. c. 3m x 5m and 5m).
See attached photographs:
TS068-150----_01 Overview from SE
TS068-150----_02 SE angle from N
TS068-150----_03 S fosse/moat from W
TS068-150----_01 Overview from SW
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.