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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.12966, -8.04466
- SMR number
- TN002-001----
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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 flat pasture with good views in all directions. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 35m NW-SE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5-0.7m) with a possible destroyed causewayed entrance (Wth 10m) at S. There is good evidence of internal and external stone revetment of the enclosing bank in the form of upright stones protruding from the top of the denuded bank. The bank and fosse are destroyed from NE to E while the bank is intersected by a field fence at E on a NE-SW 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 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.