Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygorteen (clonbullogue Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygorteen (clonbullogue Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42850, -7.99984
- SMR number
- TS075-053001-
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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 very gently undulating terrain, sloping gradually to SW, in meadow in large field. Circular area identified as cropmark on aerial photograph (GSI 16.4.1974 R.518/S.631). Located adjacent to field boundary running N-S on W side. Visible as raised area. W and S edges are discernible but the N and E quadrants are unclear. No diameter obtainable. S side raised 0.94m over 12m. Located immediately W of a field gate in stone wall boundary to E. Wide ditch on W side of this field boundary may have partially tuncated the E quadrant of enclosure. Barley growing in same field immediately N of the enclosure and c. 20m S of the monument. There are no internal divisions in the field.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.