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
- 52.68022, -7.86958
- SMR number
- TN041-034----
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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 SE-facing slope of a hill overlooking a valley below, in hilly terrain under pasture. Depicted on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure but not marked on the subsequent 1952-3 ed. A slight rise delimits this roughly circular site (diam. c. 26.7m N-S; 24.5m E-W), the scarp consisting of a very gradual slope (H 1.14m). The interior slopes towards the SW. Although this site has been levelled the size, location and cartographic evidence 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.