Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.47338, -7.88350
- SMR number
- TS069-003----
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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 gentle S-facing slope. Remains of circular area (dims. 35m N-S; 35.2m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 3.75m; H 0.75m) N-E-SW and external fosse (Wth 7.25m; D 0.65m) N-E-SW. Causewayed entrance (Wth c. 4m) across fosse at SE. Interior slopes down gently to S with prevalent slope. Monument truncated by trackway (long-axis c. N-S) along W arc and totally levelled WNW-N. Field boundaries shown on latest edition OS 6-inch map to NW, NE and SW removed. Henge (TS069-002001-) and ring-barrow (TS069-002002-) are located c. 300m to NW and enclosure (TS069-032----) c. 330m to S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.