Old Fish Pond, fish-pond in County Tipperary

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On a gentle SE-facing slope on poorly drained grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Nearby moated site (TS049-045----) 150m to E and enclosure (TS049-041----) 250m to W. Fish-pond consists of a large waterlogged circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 50m E-W) which even in the summer time after a dry-spell was still very wet. No enclosing feature visible. Depicted as a circular enclosure and marked on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as an 'Old Fish Pond', not indicated on the 1903 edition. Remains of enclosure can be seen on the other side of the field boundary to the S, this field boundary bisects the pond on a N-S axis. Stream appears to have fed the fish-pond from the W side running E-W. Fish-pond associated with nearby moated site (TS049-045----) to E. Field boundaries have changed just slightly since first ed. OS 6-inch map, fish-pond may have been levelled when these alterations took place. No evidence of fish-pond in field to NW of junction of field boundaries. At the junction of two field boundaries evidence for fish-pond in SW and SE quadrants, no evidence in NW and NE quadrants.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS049-044

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