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
- 52.93562, -7.81718
- SMR number
- TN017-013----
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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
Located on a N-facing slope, in an upland area overlooking a plain to the N. A roughly circular site (diam. 28.6m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by a low denuded earthen bank with some stone visible (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.43m; ext. H 0.56m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.42m). There are a number of gaps in the bank due to cattle trampling, however the causeway over the fosse in the NE quadrant may be the original entrance (Stout 1984, 45).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.