Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Moorstown (mora Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moorstown (mora Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.44525, -7.76082
- SMR number
- TS069-061001-
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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 arable field, on a S-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Shown on latest edition OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (dims. 25m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by large sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. 70m NE-SW; 75m NW-SE). According to Cahill (1982), monument levelled c. 1970. Two moated sites (TS069-061002-; TS069-061003-) located 80m to SSW and 120m to S respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.