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Barrow - ring-barrow

Hill'S-Lot, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Hill'S-Lot, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Hill'S-Lot
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.47799, -7.85765
SMR number
TS069-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In recently sown arable crop. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 4.2m E-W) defined by shallow internal fosse 1 (Wth 2.9m; D 0.35m) and low, outer earthen bank 1 (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m; Wth 6m). Fosse 2 (Wth 5.5m; D 1.6m) is concentric around exterior of bank 1. Outer bank 2 (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.55m; Wth 5.75m) breached (Wth 4.0m) at N and again (Wth 5.5m) at SW. Outer bank top is truncated S-SSW-SW, possibly due to ploughing activities.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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