Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Reechestown,Shortcastle (Ardfinnan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reechestown,Shortcastle (Ardfinnan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.31814, -7.89524
- SMR number
- TS082-065----
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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
On top of the NE edge of a NW-SE ridge, in undulating terrain, under pasture. Monument depicted on the 1st (1840) and 1904-05 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m N-S; c. 39m E-W), the E-S-SW portion of which is enclosed by a bank which also acts as a townland boundary, running NE-SW. In 1957 the site was inspected for inclusion in Land Project works and was deemed to be a 'small field or garden' (OPW files, 24th April 1957). The site was subsequently levelled. Only the NW quadrant survives as a curving earthen field boundary with a high stone content (Wth 1.4m crest, 2m base; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) and slight trace of an external fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 0.3m). A farm house located c. 40m to the NE has been largely demolished. The depiction on the enclosure on the OS 6-inch maps and the fact that the townland boundary kinks out to respect it, would suggest that is was a ringfort which was probably later used as a small field. On the 1840 6-inch OS map a lime kiln is depicted c. 14m NNW of the monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.