Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Kilbeg (Shanrahan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbeg (Shanrahan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.31121, -8.02342
- SMR number
- TS087-001----
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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 crest of flat-topped hill in cut corn field with grass, sheep grazing. Land gradually falls away on all sides. Roughly circular monument (diam. 69m N-S; 72m E-W) the enclosing element of which has been levelled. However, the N and E sides are still visible as gradual scarp (H 1m). The S and W sides have been incorporated into field boundaries. The N and E sides show up clearly as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (29) 21-24, 3-8-99), which suggests there was a fosse enclosing the hilltop enclosure. The interior rises with the natural hill.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 November
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.