Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Borrisnafarney, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Borrisnafarney
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Battery
- Coordinates
- 52.83213, -7.92938
- SMR number
- TN022-058----
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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 hillock in between two steep-sided ravines in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the S. A raised oval-shaped area (diam. 25m E-W; 18m N-S; H 3m) enclosed by a roughly coursed mortared wall (T 1.5m; H 1m) from E through S to W with a scarp elsewhere, a wide waterlogged outer fosse (Wth 3-4m) and an external bank (Wth 2m; H 1.5m) visible on E and W sides only. The ravines form natural defences at N and S. Drystone wall-facing is visible on the inner face of the outer bank at W only. This is a highly defensive site which may be an early medieval earthwork with a superimposed seventeenth-century artillery fortification. Designated as 'Battery' on all editions of the OS 6-inch map.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.