Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a natural knoll/ridge on a hillside sloping to the SE, in undulating pastureland. A ringfort (TN029-002) is visible on the hillside to the SW and another ringfort (TN023-048) is closeby to the SW. A small compact ringfort (diam. 19.7m N-S; 17.7m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.88; ext. H 0.84) with no obvious external fosse though there is a slight dip at the base of the bank at NW. A gap at S (Wth 2.6m) may be the original entrance feature - it is now truncated by a roadway giving a sharp drop to the exterior. There is another gap in the NE quadrant (Wth 1.2m). A trackway skirts the base of the bank at S-SW.

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