Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scraggeen, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scraggeen
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.68505, -8.38457
- SMR number
- TN037-035----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 N-S ridge in upland, overlooking the Clare River to the W. A raised circular area (diam. 24.55m NE-SW) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a wide intervening fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.35m) and a possible causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at ESE. The inner bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 1m) is poorly preserved and is reduced to a scarp in most places while the outer bank is mainly constructed of stone and has the appearance of a cashel wall (T 2m; H 0.7m) which is destroyed from SW through W to N.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.