Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Carron (st. John Baptist Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carron (st. John Baptist Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47525, -7.88823
- SMR number
- TS069-002003-
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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 a SW-facing slope, in the SW quadrant of Carron ceremonial enclosure (TS069-002001-). A small ring-barrow (overall diam. 9m N-S; 9.4m E-W) defined by a low central mound (H 0.05-0.15m; diam. 2.3m), fosse (Wth 0.9-1.2m; D 0.05-0.12m) and outer bank (Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.1m). A larger ring-barrow (TS069-002002-) is located 4.8m to the NE, also within the ceremonial enclosure, and the fosse of the ceremonial enclosure is 9m to the SW. This ring-barrow is clearly visible on a 3-D modelling image (see https://skfb.ly/KuHP).
See attached images:
TS069-002003-_01 3-D modelling image
TS069-002003-_02
TS069-002003-_03
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.