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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67547, -7.87773
- SMR number
- TN041-031----
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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 very gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating terrain in a broad valley at the base of hills, in pasture. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not marked on subsequent 1952-53 revision. A slightly raised circular platform (diam. 34.7m N-S; 33m E-W) with a field boundary formed of scrub defining the S and W sectors of the site while the N and E sectors are defined by a very gradual scarp (H 0.55m over 8m). The site has been levelled but the size and cartographic depiction on the 1st ed. OS 6-INCH map 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.