Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Knocklofty Demesne, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocklofty Demesne
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32208, -7.79619
- SMR number
- TS082-097002-
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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 a gradual SE-facing slope of a hill in undulating terrain, under tillage - beet. Circular cropmark (diam. c. 20m) identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP (28) 31), which appears as a macula or dark green area, possibly indicating a pit. There is no visible trace above ground. A similar cropmark (TS082-097001-) was identified in the field to the N, c. 100m to the NW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.