Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyerk (moyne Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyerk (moyne Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.75153, -7.73593
- SMR number
- TN036-014----
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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 top of a natural hill in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 24m N-S) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a wide intervening fosse (Wth 4m) and a causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) at ENE. The inner bank has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) while the outer bank with its external stone-facing appears to be a nineteenth-century feature. This ringfort was probably converted into a tree-ring in the nineteenth century.
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.