Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killoskehan, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoskehan
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.77778, -7.94027
- SMR number
- TN028-081----
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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 an SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-080) to the SW. A well-preserved site consisting of a circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone tree-lined bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) with no entrance feature visible. Beech trees planted along the top of the bank and the depiction of the site on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map suggest that the site was used as a tree-ring.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.