Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnagowna (killavinoge Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagowna (killavinoge Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.87312, -7.80722
- SMR number
- TN023-036----
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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 in pastureland on a natural hillock on a gradual W-facing slope overlooking a boggy valley floor to the W. Depicted as an oval enclosure on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map and as a hachured enclosure on the latest ed. (1904) though the E quadrant is not shown. Although the site has been levelled a raised area (H 0.73m) outlines the extent of the site (c. 29m NW-SE) and there is a suggestion of an outer fosse (Wth c. 4m) at S and W. The N sector appears to have been quarried.
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
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.