Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clarkill, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clarkill
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.00399, -8.09349
- SMR number
- TN010-009----
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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 extensive views. A large impressive circular area (diam. 50m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a wide flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 3-10m; D 1m) and a possible causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at S. The inner bank is mainly reduced to a scarp (ext. H 2m) while the better preserved outer bank (Wth 7m; int. H 2-3m; ext. H 1.5-2m) displays evidence of drystone wall-facing survivng 5 courses high on its external face from N to E. The possible wall-footings of a square-shaped hut site (dims. 5.5m N-S; 5.5m E-W) are located in the centre of the interior which is heavily overgrown making examination difficult. (Same monument as record number TN007-058----).
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
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.