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Ringfort - rath

Lisbrien, County Tipperary North, Ireland

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Townland
Lisbrien
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.82743, -8.23580
SMR number
TN026-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 NW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. An impressive trivallate ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (diam. 24m E-W) enclosed by three earth and stone banks with intervening fosses. The inner bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 3m) is well preserved with a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 2m). The middle bank (Wth 3.9m; ext. H 1.8m) and fosse (Wth 2.1m) are also well preserved. The external bank (Wth 1.55m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.75m) is the least well preserved being planted with hazel scrub. Causewayed entrance (Wth 1.8m) at S. A modern road intersects the inner bank at N destroying the outer defences of the ringfort from N to E.

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

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