Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the SW-facing slope of a hill in gently undulating pastureland. A roughly circular area (diam. 36.5m N-S; 34.3m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.18m; ext. H 2.2m), a fosse (Wth 3m; D 1.25m) and a counterscarp bank (Wth 2m). The NW sector of the outer bank appears to be part of an old field boundary which respects the site with stone facing on the inner face. This field boundary gives the impression of a wide intervening fosse at this point. The fosse narrows towards the N and the field boundary appears to have been flattened. A roadway truncates the possible outer bank at S. Some scrub clearance has been dumped in the fosse in the E quadrant. Quite a lot of stone protrudes from the inner bank in places, particularly at S.

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