Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrick (roscrea Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrick (roscrea Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.93320, -7.83263
- SMR number
- TN017-004----
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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 NW-facing slope in undulating pastureland. The SW portion is close to a steep drop in the slope. A large enclosure (diam. 42.7m N-S; 38.2m E-W) defined by a compact earthen bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.86m; ext. H 1.2m), quite denuded at N and W. The interior is undulating and slopes to the NW with the natural incline. A conglomerate boulder sites roughly in the centre of the site. The bank has a sharp profile with stone protruding from the surface and there is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2m) in the S sector. No visible trace of an enclosing fosse.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.