Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockannamohilly, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockannamohilly
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockshane Rath
- Coordinates
- 52.86451, -8.29520
- SMR number
- TN020-020----
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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 W-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a river valley. A raised circular area (diam. 30.5m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m) with a possible entrance gap at W.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1978).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.