Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Fennor, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fennor
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.71290, -7.60262
- SMR number
- TS043-001----
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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
On top of high ground in pasture at the N end of a N-S ridge with good commanding views in all directions. Fennor church and castle (TS043-003----) are located 500m and 625m to the SSE respectively. A heavily overgrown bivallate enclosure consisting of a raised circular platform (diam. c. 22-30m; overall diam. c. 100m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 4-5m), fosse (top Wth 8m; base Wth 3m; ext. D 1.75m), wide flat-topped earth and stone bank (top Wth 6m; base Wth 10m; ext. H 2m), external fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 5m: ext. D 1m) and outer bank (base Wth 10m; top Wth 2.5m; ext. H 1.7m). The central platform is covered in bushes and trees making detailed examination and measurement impossible. The middle bank is level in height with the central platform and higher than the outer bank and has evidence of a stone revetment along its inner face in the E quadrant. There are possible stone wall-footings around the perimeter of the platform at the E quadrant which would make the monument a trivallate earthwork. There is evidence of quarrying in the NW quadrant and a modern cattle gap (Wth 2.2m) in the platform at the ENE, but no corresponding gap in the middle bank. It was described by Healy (1874-9, vol. 1, 49) in the 19th century as a 'beautiful rath near Fennor Church some 45 yards in diameter, surrounded with fosse, rampart and parapet.'
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.