Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Ballyboe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballyboe Fort
- Coordinates
- 52.39248, -7.61161
- SMR number
- TS078-032----
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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
At the W edge of a natural N-S ridge in undulating terrain, in valley S of Slievenamon Mountain, in pasture. A tributary of the Anner River flows E-W c. 180m N of the motte and bailey and a modern road is located c. 80m to W. Steep-sided oval-shaped motte (top diam. 11m N-S; 7m E-W; H 5.4-6m; basal diam. 34.7m N-S; 32.8m E-W) built into the natural ridge with a fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.15m) at base of W sector. The E quadrant and lower slope of the W quadrant has been subject to cattle erosion. Roughly triangular-shaped bailey (diam. 33m N-S; 24.5m E-W; H 1.7m to E; 1.36m to W) utilises ridge immediately S of motte, the interior slopes to the E.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.