What is recorded here

Settlement deserted is a settlement deserted (medieval) in Moyaliff, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 archaeological inventory recorded the site on flat pasture with good views in all directions. Historical references confirm Moyaliff's borough status, including a c.1305 record that burgesses rendered 6s 14d annually and a 1338 record that 60 burgesses held 200 acres for £4 16d with nothing levied in wartime.

Situated on flat pasture with good views in all directions. A number of historical references confirm Moyaliff's borough status. These included a reference dated c.1305 stating the burgesses render 6. 14d per annum (Bradley 1985, 58) and another dated 1338 which states that 60 burgesses held 200 acres for £4 16d, 'nothing can be levied in time of war' (CIPM, vol. 7, 120). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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