Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Boolakennedy (shanrahan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolakennedy (shanrahan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35909, -8.07230
- SMR number
- TS080-017----
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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
Situated at the base of a rocky outcrop overlooking a fast-flowing stream. Glennyreea Rver 30m to N which forms townland boundary with Cloheenafishoge. Listed as Boolakennedy 1 (Costello 2016, 89, 98; Costello 2016, 309-10; Costello 2020, 121) and described as a sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. 11.15m x 5m; int. dims. 10.3m x 3.4m) aligned NE-SW. Its N end wall and W side wall are formed largely by in-situ boulders and bedrock, creating a barrier 1.4m in height. The E wall (0.9m high) is also built up against the slope but with some obvious rubble masonry to increase its height. The S end wall is lower (0.8m high) and slightly collapsed. There is no obvious entrance through any of the walls, while the interior of the enclosure is dryish with some scattered stones.
See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello
Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello
Date of upload: 26 August 2020
References
Costello, E. 2016 Upland transhumance practices in Ireland, and their role in post-medieval settlement and society, c.1550-1900 AD. Unpublished doctoral thesis, NUI Galway.
Costello, E. 2016 Seasonal settlement and the interpretation of upland archaeology in the Galtee Mountains, Ireland. Landscape History 37(1), 87-98.
Costello, E. 2020 Transhumance and the Making of Ireland’s Uplands, 1550-1900. Woodbridge. Boydell.
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