Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilnaneave, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnaneave
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78484, -8.11056
- SMR number
- TN027-136----
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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 the N-facing slope of the steep Ballincurra Hill in forest. A forest roadway, constructed c. 12 years ago, destroyed most of the site. Only the SW quadrant of this trivallate site survives (diam. 20.8m N-S). The enclosing elements consist of an inner bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 1.24m; ext. H 1.34m), a fosse (Wth 2m; D 1.96m), a middle bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1.23m), a fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 1.52m), and an outer bank (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.76m) and external fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 1.06m). According to local information the bank was much higher downslope to the NE. There is a dramatic drop in ground level immediately N of the 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
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 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.