Overview
Indicated — Shrough is recorded as Quarry in Tipperary. In rough, ungrazed pasture in area of disused quarry. Depicted on the first 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as an irregular enclosure with a linear field boundary extending from the NW and SE-sides.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: In rough, ungrazed pasture in area of disused quarry.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: Depicted on the first 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as an irregular enclosure with a linear field boundary extending from the NW and SE-sides.
What was found
The saved account records: a curving bank is depicted (chord c. 40m) immediately E of a quarry face, which appears to be upcast from the quarry.
Why it ended
The saved account records: According to local information, this has always been in use as a quarry.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Shrough matters because the source ties quarry to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: A possible ringfort (TS066-135----) lies c. 100m to the ENE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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