Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bawnmadrum, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawnmadrum
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.88664, -7.76296
- SMR number
- TN023-019----
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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 in undulating pastureland with a lot of natural outcrop. A denuded, circular enclosure (diam. 35m N-S; 36.1m E-W) delimited by a low, earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.3; ext. H 0.86m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m) with a causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SE. A gap in the W sector appears to have been used by a tractor, as does another gap (Wth 1.6m) in the NE quadrant. The outer fosse is only evident at N and SE.
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
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.