Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolross (dorrha Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolross (dorrha Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisheenramaher
- Coordinates
- 53.13809, -8.05637
- SMR number
- TN001-005----
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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
Situated on top of high ground overlooking the Little Brosna River to the N and marshland to the NW. A well-preserved large circular area (diam. 60m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) with evidence of stone revetment along the inner face and an external fosse (Wth 3m) and outer bank visible from SE-S-W only. There is a well-preserved entrance gap (Wth 3m) at SE. Wall-footings of a field boundary bisect the interior on a N-S axis.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.