Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullaroan
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67298, -7.42863
- SMR number
- KK018-011----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a terrace of a SW-facing slope, in reclaimed pasture. There are very good views to the S and SW. On the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map a lime kiln and quarry are indicated abutting the N quadrant of the ringfort. On the 1900 revision 6-inch OS map there is no indication of the quarry and the monument is shown as a hachured roughly round enclosure (overall diam. c. 50m N-S; c. 48m E-W). It is described by O’Kelly (1969, 31) as a ‘double rath’, suggesting two banks. When inspected in 1987 the monument had been levelled during land reclamation works, however, traces of an outer bank (Wth 3m; H 0.3m) were discernible as well as a possible outer fosse, apparent in the E sector (Wth c. 2m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 March 2017
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1956).
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.