Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilconane, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilconane
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.83997, -8.13344
- SMR number
- TN021-069----
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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 the W-facing slope of a ridge at the back of a farmyard. A roughly square enclosure (diam. 31.5m) with rounded corners enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.82m; ext. H 0.9m) particularly pronounced at E. Elsewhere the bank is less substantial, being low and narrow on the W side. There is an entrance gap in the E side (Wth 2.15m). A pathway skirts the external face of the bank along the S and W sides resulting in the truncation of the bank. The site is depicted as circular on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map but appears squarer on the 1954-5 revision. This is the result of interference by pathways.
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.