Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullassa, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullassa
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.84433, -9.08734
- SMR number
- CL033-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the E end of a slight ENE-WSW ridge. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). An oval grass-covered area (dims. 61m E-W; 48.6m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m at SW to 1.4m N-E). There is no visible entrance. There are modern entrances at NNE and SW but an original entrance cannot be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.