Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortacurra, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortacurra
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81681, -7.86342
- SMR number
- TN029-017----
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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 natural rise of ground in an undulating upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN029-012) to the NE. A circular area (diam. 14m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) which was waterlogged at time of visit. A field fence intersects the perimeter of the site at N on an E-W axis (Stout 1984, 57). Not indicated on the first edition OS 6-inch map.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.