Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garraunbeg, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraunbeg
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.75361, -8.35081
- SMR number
- TN031-043002-
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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 NE-SW ridge in an upland area with a possible ringfort (TN031-043001) immediately to the NE. The poorly preserved remains of an oval-shaped area (diam. 41m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m) and bisected by a field fence on a NE-SW axis. No visible trace of a fosse or entrance feature. A large quarry intersects the external face of the scarp at N with smaller quarry depressions in the interior at S.
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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 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.