Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldcastle (bourney Par.),rathnaveoge Upper, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcastle (bourney Par.),rathnaveoge Upper
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.90308, -7.85488
- SMR number
- TN017-049----
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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 the summit of an irregular, meandering ridge with a spur to the S, in very hilly, undulating terrain. A raised circular area (diam. 17m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.23m; ext. H 1.87) with a steep drop to the exterior. An outer fosse is visible in the NW quadrant (Wth 3m) and there is an entrance gap at E (Wth 2.65m). The site is badly overgrown with gorse and ferns. A field bank bisects the site from E to W and a road runs close to the NW quadrant. (Stout 1984, 76).
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
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.