Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknakill, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknakill
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.69765, -8.13858
- SMR number
- TN039-002----
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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
Sited on the steep SE-facing slope of a hill in rushy pasture. A roughly oval, denuded enclosure consisting of a raised area (diam. 53m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a very low bank in the NW quadrant, otherwise discernible as a very slight scarp, a fosse (Wth 3.6m) and an earth and stone outer bank (Wth 6m; H 1.06m). The interior slopes steadily with the hillslope. There is a slight dip in the interior towards the centre.
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
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.