Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Borrisnafarney, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Borrisnafarney
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.82891, -7.93400
- SMR number
- TN028-022----
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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 W-facing slope of a natural hillock on rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the NE. A raised oval area (diam. 34m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 3m max. at N) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) with an entrance gap (Wth 4m) at E. The fosse is visible at W only. The natural slope of the hillock falls away steeply at W offering a natural defensive element.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.