Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Ballygambon, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygambon
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.44861, -7.68791
- SMR number
- TS070-072----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 28m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.4m), reduced to scarp (Wth 3m; H 1.8m) in places. External fosse (Wth 5m; D 1.25m). Interior is generally level and planted occasionally with mixed tree species. Abuts possible embanked barrow (TS070-072001-) to S, where the respective fosses of are separated by a level ridge (Wth 2.7m). No evidence of a causewayed entrance. Ringfort (TS070-070----) located 230m to NNW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.