Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnacleha, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnacleha
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kylenaskehane
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kylenaskehane
- Coordinates
- 52.80371, -8.27473
- SMR number
- TN026-036001-
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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 low NE-SW ridge in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 25.4m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2m) with traces of a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.2m). Possible destroyed entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at E. According to the OS Letters the ringfort was used as a burial place for unbaptised infants (TN026-036002) (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 121).
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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.