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Windmill

Tipperary, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0922

Location

Atlas number
IR0922 (922)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Tipperary
Historic county
Tipperary
Parish, community, or townland
Windmill
Latitude
52.50201
Longitude
-7.89286
Altitude
143 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Footprint
0.52 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Geophysical Survey (2011)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database TS061-072
National record
record TS 061
Wikidata
Q31083401

Sources

References

  1. O'Driscoll, J. 2011 Unpublished Geophysical Survey Report: Windmill Hill, Co. Tipperary. University College Cork, Dept of Archaeology.