Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldcastle (bourney Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcastle (bourney Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.89125, -7.84262
- SMR number
- TN017-053----
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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 an E-facing slope in undulating terrain. A circular enclosure (diam. 27.5m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 1.22m; ext. H 1.6m) which has been levelled at E. A gap (Wth 2.1m) cuts through the bank in the SW quadrant. No visible external 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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.