Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Kilmurry, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37042, -7.82750
- SMR number
- TS082-015----
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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 NE-facing slope, off crest of hill, in undulating terrain, in pasture. A tower house, Moorstown Castle (TS076-039----), is visible to the N. Monument depicted as rectangular enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map, but not marked on subsequent 1904-05 ed. There is no visible trace of the rectangular enclosure above ground. The surrounding field boundaries are still in situ.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.