Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyphilip (kilmore Par., North Riding), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyphilip (kilmore Par., North Riding)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.82718, -8.22934
- SMR number
- TN026-020001-
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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 high ground in an upland area with a possible cairn (TN026-020002) immediately to the NE and overlooking a ringfort (TN026-021) also to the NE. An oval-shaped area (diam. 27m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.75m) with a modern gap (Wth 7m) at E and possible original entrance gap (Wth 2m) at SE. No visible trace of a fosse. The exposed location of this site is unusual for a ringfort and it may only have been used as a booley site.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.