Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Galbertstown Upper, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galbertstown Upper
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.61830, -7.85959
- SMR number
- TN047-055----
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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
Located on a SE-facing slope in undulating terrain in pasture. A roughly circular area (diam. 34.5m E-W; N-S) enclosed by a clay and gravel bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.63m; ext. H 1.22m), a fosse (Wth 2.7m; D 0.63m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.3m; ext. H 0.5m). A gap has been broken through the bank in the SE quadrant. The interior slopes slightly to the SE and was nettle-filled at the time of inspection. Some large stones protrude from the external face of the inner bank which is quite steep in profile. A road extending NE-SW along the NW side of the site has damaged the bank.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.