Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockanacree, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanacree
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.95652, -8.03466
- SMR number
- TN011-024----
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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 in a wood on a S-facing slope with the ground falling away sharply to the E. A roughly circular area (diam. 29.7m N-S; 30.65m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (W 2.7m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.68m) and a deep, U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.6m). The fosse appears to have been redug to aid drainage - there are a number of drainage ditches to the N and S of the site. A large hole has been quarried into the bank at S. Possible causewayed entrance (Wth 9.8m) at SE.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.