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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballincor (Colman Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Ballincor (Colman Par.), 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
Ballincor (Colman Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.42106, -7.73287
SMR number
TS077-123----

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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

On top of a low hill, sloping gently to the SE, in gently undulating terrain, in lush pasture. Good to extensive views in all directions, with Slievenamon Mountain to the E. Circular, flat-topped mound (diam. 24.3m N-S; 25.4m E-W; H 0.44-0.69m), sloping gently to a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.6-6.5m) with an outer bank (int. H 0.33-0.56m; ext. H 0.2-0.25m; Wth at crest 4.2-6m; overall Wth 8.2-12.8m) evident in the SE-S as a low, flat, broad bank, not as clear from S-W and not evident N-SE.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 November 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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