Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, 110m E of townland boundary with Rosstemple, 280m S of a prehistoric house and metal working site (LI031-216001/002-), excavated on route of Bord Gáis Éireann Limerick gas Pipeline in 2002 (Grogan et. al. 2007). Tullerboy House (LI031-088----) lies 160 m to E and an enclosure (LI031-086----) lies 215m to SW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly oval-shaped area (dims. c. 28m N-S x 37m E-W) defined by a scarp with external fosse and entrance gap at E. The depiction of the fosse with a double line may suggest a water-filled moat. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded this monument as one of 'two forts' in the townland (OSNB Athlacca Parish, 140). Monument visible as sub-circular shaped area enclosed by a tree-covered fosse on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Possible ringfort that has been redesigned as a landscape feature associated with Tullerboy House.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 25 March 2021

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L. and Johnston, P. 2007 The Bronze Age landscapes of the pipeline to the West. Bray. Wordwell.