Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ashleypark (ardcrony Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ashleypark (ardcrony Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.92847, -8.18032
- SMR number
- TN015-043001-
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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 a SE-facing slope in a wooded area. A slightly oval-shaped enclosure enclosed by a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m), and a wide, deep, outer fosse (Wth 5.5m). A low, earthen bank, on an E-W axis, bisects the W half of the site. An internal stone feature at W forms a ramp up to the top of the bank and there is an entrance feature at E. The site has been planted with beech trees and was probably adapted slightly and reused as tree-ring. A rectangular enclosure (TN015-043002) identified on an aerial photograph taken in 1974 (GSIAP, R 192/3) adjoins the ringfort to the 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.