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Ringfort - rath

Carrowkeale (kilvellane Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

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Townland
Carrowkeale (kilvellane Par.)
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.71109, -8.37933
SMR number
TN037-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking the nearby Small River to the N. A circular area (diam. 25m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) reduced to a scarp in places with a wide flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.6m) best preserved from W to N with possible traces of an outer bank best preserved from N to E. A D-shaped area defined by a scarp (H 1m) is attached to the outer fosse of the ringfort from N to E and may be a conjoined enclosure. A field fence intersects the inner bank at S on an E-W axis and at E on a N-S axis. No visible entrance feature.

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

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