Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynahow (ballycahill Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahow (ballycahill Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67853, -7.88215
- SMR number
- TN041-030----
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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 SW-facing slope in undulating pasture, just off the summit of a hill, with Ballynahow River at the base of the hill to the S. A slight bank is visible above ground (Wth c. 2.8m) defining a slightly oval area (diam 24.8m N-S; c. 18m E-W). The site has been levelled and the landowner did not remember the fort. Though slightly smaller than the average ringfort, its appearance on ground and depiction in the cartographic record suggest this was a ringfort.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.