Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loughbeg,rathmanna (rahelty Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughbeg,rathmanna (rahelty Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67294, -7.75681
- SMR number
- TN041-070----
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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 gentle NE-facing slope in undulating terrain and bisected by a road on an E-W axis. The N part of the site has been destroyed by the road which was constructed pre-1843 as it appears on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The surviving S portion of the site (diam. c. 40m NW-SE; 20m N-S to road) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.92m; ext. H 1.6m), a wide, deep fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1.24m) and an outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1m). The remaining part of the site is in good condition with a variety of trees and scrub growing on the banks and in the interior. A well-preserved limekiln is located immediately SE of the site with corresponding quarry.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.