Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Foildarragh, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foildarragh
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67766, -8.16602
- SMR number
- TN039-030----
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
Located on the level ground of a river valley with the Aughraria River to the S and the Bilboa River to the N. The site was identified on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, R 362/361). A large roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 63m N-S; 55m E-W) consisting of a raised interior surrounded by a wide fosse (Wth 4.5-6m) which is evident as lush grass growth. A field boundary which transected the W sector has been removed as have field boundaries to the N. The field has been reclaimed and the site has been levelled. A deep drainage ditch skirts the S limit of the site making the edge difficult to define.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.