Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aughnaheela, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughnaheela
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.77648, -7.95810
- SMR number
- TN028-076----
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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 SE-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region with nearby ringforts (TN028-075, TN028-077) to the W and E respectively. A bivallate ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 30m approx.) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 1m) and causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at SE. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.5m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.7m) is now used as a field boundary.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.