Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carrigeensharragh,milltown Britton, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeensharragh,milltown Britton
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.41513, -7.67484
- SMR number
- TS077-018----
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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
On a gradual E-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. According to Cahill (1982) the enclosure was levelled c. 1940. The landowner remembers a slight bank delineating the enclosure. The area of the monument is now an orchard. There is a slight rise which may delimit the E quadrant. The enclosure abutted the townland boundary in the W quadrant, this boundary is still in situ. On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map a limekiln is indicated in the NE sector of the enclosure. On the 2nd (1906) ed. (dims. c. 63m N-S; c. 53m E-W) the monument is indicated as an oval enclosure surrounded by a bank with a fosse depicted in the N sector. The enclosure is truncated by a townland boundary in the W quadrant.
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 Unpublished M. A. thesis.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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.