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Situated on a bluff on the E bank of the N-S Finisk River between the Knockmealdown and Comeragh Mountains, guarding access to County Tipperary. It is at a point where a NE-SW stream enters the Finisk just 50m to the NW. Ballinamult barracks was built by 1714 as it features on a map of that date by Herman Moll…

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Situated on a bluff on the E bank of the N-S Finisk River between the Knockmealdown and Comeragh Mountains, guarding access to County Tipperary. It is at a point where a NE-SW stream enters the Finisk just 50m to the NW. Ballinamult barracks was built by 1714 as it features on a map of that date by Herman Moll (Andrews 1997, 163) and it is described as 'a redoubt for twenty men' (Smith 1746, 60). This is a rectangular yard (dims. 90m N-S; 80m E-W) with corner bastions and an entrance at the W. It survives complete with a Garda station on the site. Andrews, J.H. (1977) Shapes of Irealnd: maps and their makers 1564-1839. Geography Publications, Dublin. Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA013-010

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